Security personnel arrive at the Litoral Penitentiary after a riot in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 14, 2023 [Vicente Gaibor del Pino/Reuters At least 17 people have been killed in a prison riot in ...

Ecuador’s most notorious drug kingpin has been extradited to the United States, a month after he was recaptured following a prison escape that sparked a wave of violence across the country. Jose ...

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 ...

QUITO, Ecuador — 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 Villamar ...

GUAYAQUIL: Ecuador on Friday deployed 10,000 soldiers in three coastal provinces to fight drug-trafficking gangs blamed for a ...