The director of Ecuador's biggest prison was killed in an armed attack on Thursday, the second such killing in under two ...

Controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to break his post-prison silence in an address to the Council of Europe ...

The murder of the head of Ecuador's largest men’s prison was the latest attempt by prison gangs to assert control in the penitentiary system.

Journalists of the digital media platform La Posta accuse the National Police and the Attorney General's Office of planning ...

Maria Daniela Icaza, director of Ecuador's largest prison, was fatally attacked near Guayaquil. This marks the second killing ...

The director of Ecuador's Penitenciaria prison was killed on Thursday and one other person was wounded in an armed attack in the streets of Guayaquil, the South American country's prisons agency said ...

Ecuador continues to be the scene of criminal acts. Despite the declaration of internal armed conflict, three states of ...

QUITO: Two people, including an official working for Ecuador's national prison administration agency SNAI, were wounded after ...

The director of Ecuador's Penitenciaria prison was killed and another person wounded in an armed attack in Guayaquil. Maria Daniela Icaza, the second prison director to be killed this month, ...

Campaigners have faced violence and repression trying to stop wildcat gold mining in Ecuador, illegal shrimp farming in ...

A Valley woman is preparing to hike to the top of the second-tallest peak in Ecuador to raise awareness and funding for ...

Almost 200 environmental activists were murdered last year, with the toll especially heavy in South America, according to ...