marred by violence and the assassination of a candidate. Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil - home to the country's biggest port and prison complex - has traditionally been the epicentre of ...

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 ...

Security forces in Ecuador have launched an operation in a major prison complex in the port ... winning an election tarnished by the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.

in which they expressed their concern about the situation in the prison system. “We express our deep concern for the situation in the Penitentiary System in the State of Ecuador, as well as the ...

At least 139 prison guards are still being held hostage by members of criminal gangs following jail riots in Ecuador ... was declared following the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando ...

Human rights groups have described Ecuador's penitentiary crisis as a “prison genocide” At least one inmate was killed and two others were injured Monday in yet a new prison riot in Ecuador ...