Four men and four women had "signs of torture" with their hands tied together and "their heads covered in black bags," ...

At least 17 people have been killed in a prison riot in Ecuador, the second deadly prison brawl to hit the country this week.

Prison parties, live broadcasts - Ecuador's biggest prison massacre happened in 2021, when more than 100 inmates were killed in the port city of Guayaquil in the southwest. Inmates have on more than ...

Ecuador's prison authorities provided this photo showing Jose Adolfo Macias, better known as “Fito,” being escorted by police officers in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as he was extradited to the US on Sunday, ...

A pickup truck exploded on a busy shopping street in the port city of Guayaquil in Ecuador on Tuesday evening killing one person and injuring two others in what the governor ...

(CNN) — A violent clash between rival gangs at a prison in the coastal city of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, has left at least 17 dead, according to a statement from the National Police. “The situation stems ...

Notorious Ecuadoran drug trafficker Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," pleaded not guilty Monday at an arraignment in the United States, a month after he was recaptured following a 2024 prison escape. The ...

Pieter Tritton is a man who spent nine years in some of the world's deadliest prisons and has said what the 'worst thing' there was.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador on Sunday extradited to the United States the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang who relied on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do business. José Adolfo Macías ...

Clashes between drug gangs on Thursday claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, with rampaging inmates beheading and maiming rivals, officials in the ...