Police officers stand guard next to a fire department ambulance outside the main prison in Machala, Ecuador on September 22, 2025. [AFP] A prison riot caused by gang fighting in southern Ecuador has ...

Clashes between drug gangs on Thursday claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, ...

A pair of violent attacks in Ecuador has left 14 people dead, some showing signs of torture, and 17 wounded. The first incident took place late Sunday in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, where ...

Inmates in Ecuador fought each other with guns and explosives in a riot that left 13 prisoners and a guard dead, police said ...

One person was killed and several more were injured in an explosion Tuesday at a busy shopping center in the port city of ...

Thousands of police in riot gear streamed into the capital in recent days. The latest demonstration coincided with the Day of Interculturality and Plurinationality, Ecuador's replacement for Columbus ...

An Indigenous alliance in Ecuador says it will stop blocking highways in protest over the end of a diesel subsidy after the ...

Five people have been arrested following an alleged assassination attempt on Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, according to the country’s energy minister Ines Manzano.

QUITO (Reuters) -A prison riot caused by gang fighting in southern Ecuador on Monday left 14 people dead and another 14 wounded, according to a local police chief. Prisoners in port town Machala, ...