Video: Ecuador 'civil war' crisis deepens as 130 prison guards are held hostage by inmates across five jails with some tortured and shot while civilians take up arms to defend themselves with ...
The interior minister said violence broke out as one gang tried to gain "total control" of the prison. Ecuador has seen a huge rise in prison violence in recent years. Last year, 320 inmates ...
It was the second massacre within the same week at that infamous prison involving rival gangs clashing over drug trafficking territorial control. According to Ecuador's Attorney General's Office ...
Security forces in Ecuador have launched an operation in a major prison complex in the port city of Guayaquil. Soldiers and police officers have entered the facility and say they have restored ...
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