Latest Ecuador prison riot leaves at least 11 injured

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - A prison riot in Ecuador's coastal city of Guayaquil on Wednesday has left at least 11 inmates and police officers injured, the SNAI prison authority said in a preliminary report, just days after a deadly riot at …

Will Ecuador’s Oil Industry Ever Bounce Back?

The oil-rich Latin American country of Ecuador finds itself yet again on the cusp of an economic crisis. Attempts to reform the disaster-prone economy and ease fiscal pressures for a heavily indebted government continue to flounder, with most efforts …

15 dead, 20 injured in Ecuador prison massacre

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A clash between inmates armed with guns and knives inside the Latacunga prison in central Ecuador on Monday left at least 15 people dead and 20 injured, authorities said. …

Earthquake with 5.6 Magnitude Hits Peru-Ecuador Border

Oct 5 (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 struck the Peru-Ecuador border region on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was 25 km (15.5 miles) east-northeast of Sullana, Peru and had a depth of 60 …

Ecuador authorities convened to Assembly over prison riot

Interior Minister Juan Zapata; General Pablo Ramirez, director of the National Service of Integral Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI); and Police General Commander Fausto Salinas are summoned this Wednesday. According …

Today’s top pics: Ecuador jail riot and more

Women in traditional attire wait with a Kumari, right, a virgin girl worshipped as an incarnation of Goddess Durga, at a residence during Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The five-day festival commemorates the slaying of a …

Ecuador Prison Clash Leaves at Least 16 Dead, Including Drug Lord

QUITO, Ecuador—The death toll from a bloody fight among inmates at a prison in central Ecuador rose to 16 Tuesday, and authorities said one of the dead was an alleged drug gang boss who had evaded charges in Peru by faking his death during the pandemic. …

Ecuador Prison Riot Kills at Least 15; Nation's Prisons Agency Said Prisoners Fought With Guns, Knives

By Mary Webber First Posted: Oct 04, 2022 10:41 PM EDT A recent Ecuador prison riot left at least 15 prisoners dead and 20 injured in Cotopaxi No 1 jail in Latacunga, Monday, a spokesperson for SNAI confirmed. SNAI Ecuador's agency that manages prisons …

5.6-magnitude quake strikes Peru-Ecuador border – EMSC

Earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 strikes Peru-Ecuador border -EMSC

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 struck the Peru-Ecuador border region on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was 25 km (15.5 miles) east-northeast of Sullana, Peru and had a depth of 60 km, the EMSC said. …