Ecuador’s prison system has turned into the headquarters for criminal groups that have amassed foot soldiers and influence ...

The national prison service, SNAI ... their release followed negotiations mediated by a priest. Since Monday, when Ecuador's President, Daniel Noboa, declared a state of emergency and ordered ...

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 ...

Under Ecuador’s Constitution ... nor the Ministry of the Interior, which oversees the prison system, had confirmed an interview by the time of publication. In Archidona, protests began ...

A new bloodbath was taken in one of Ecuador's prisons ... has already warned that the prison system is undergoing corruption and is controlled by criminal gangs. For reasons such as these ...

Ecuador's prison system is designed to hold about 30,000 people, but last month there were about 35,000 inmates throughout the country's 53 state prisons.

Los Choneros, one of the oldest gangs in Ecuador and operating since the ... The action, instead of returning control of the prison system to the State, allowed Los Choneros to expand as a prison ...

Ecuador's new president, Daniel Noboa, declared a 60-day state of emergency on Monday, a day after one of the country's most powerful gang leaders, Adolfo "Fita" Macías, vanished from his prison ...

ALBAWABA - Ecuador announced a state of emergency after ... Macias was placed in a high-security cell at a prison in the city of Guayaquil. However, he managed to vanish. He was sentenced to ...