In Ecuador, a surge of violence perpetrated by armed drug gangs is intensifying. President Daniel Noboa declared a 60-day ...

Another prison riot in Ecuador Monday evening has left at least five inmates dead and six others wounded at the Pichincha correctional facility in Quito also known as “El Inca,” where some ...

west of the capital Quito. Ecuador is battling a wave of gang violence, and has recently seen its most deadly prison riots in history. Parts of Ecuador are under a state of emergency because of ...

Noboa said, referring to the brutal riots started by gang members imprisoned ... will be implemented include not only the ...

Riot police patrolled the streets on horseback in a bid to control the violence. But with thousands of protesters converging on the city, Quito has seen almost a week of riots. One protester uses ...

Quito residents told Reuters news agency the ... The Choneros are a powerful prison gang thought to be behind many of the deadly riots and prison fights which have erupted in Ecuador's jails ...