Reports from Ecuador mention a gunfight and the detonation of at least one explosive device during the riots. The Oct. 3 brawl between inmates at Cotopaxi Number 1 prison left 16 dead and 43 wounded.

Violence in Ecuador intensified in January after a gang leader escaped from prison amid deadly riots. Two days later, members ...

An Ecuadorean judge has ordered the arrest of 16 soldiers charged with the disappearance of four children who went missing ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The number of inmates killed in a riot in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison rose to 17, authorities said Wednesday, a day after the goriest prison episode under ...