He is believed to have escaped from his cell before his transfer to a maximum-security prison where he would be held in isolation, though no official in Ecuador has used the word “escape.” ...

We do evil': How rival gangs with 'Pablo Escobar complex' gave kill orders over the phone and spent thousands smuggling weapons into jail for Ecuador ... emergency in the prison system following ...

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 ...

William Alcívar Bautista, alias “Willy," was arrested in Spain with his brother Álex, alias “Ronco,” the gang's ...

Across Ecuador, gangs have unleashed a wave of violence and extortion, upending lives and spurring an unprecedented exodus.

QUITO (Reuters) - A criminal prosecutor in Ecuador was killed by armed assailants on Friday along with his police escort, in the latest eruption of violent crime to shake the South American nation.

The attorney general's office began investigating officials in Ecuador's judicial system after Leandro Norero - who authorities linked to drug trafficking gangs - was killed in prison in 2022 ...

Ecuador’s ex-comptroller Carlos Ramon Polit ... who were convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison for laundering more than $100 million in bribery payments to Miami and Switzerland.

Glas, also convicted of corruption, was jailed in Ecuador. He attempted suicide earlier this year and went on a hunger strike in a prison to protest his arrest, according to his lawyer.