The director of Ecuador's biggest prison was killed in an armed attack on Thursday, the second such killing in under two ...

Two people including an official working for Ecuador national prison administration agency SNAI were wounded early Thursday when armed assailants op ...

Quito (Reuters) - The director of Ecuador's Penitenciaria prison was killed on Thursday and one other person was wounded in an armed attack in the streets of Guayaquil, the South American country's ...

Maria Daniela Icaza, director of Ecuador's largest prison, was fatally attacked near Guayaquil. This marks the second killing ...

It was the second massacre within the same week at that infamous prison involving rival gangs clashing over drug trafficking territorial control. According to Ecuador's Attorney General's Office ...

Campaigners have faced violence and repression trying to stop wildcat gold mining in Ecuador, illegal shrimp farming in ...

Quito, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The director of Ecuador's Penitenciaria prison was killed on Thursday and one other person was wounded in an armed attack in the streets of Guayaquil, the South American ...

The director of Ecuador's biggest prison was killed in an armed attack on Thursday, the second such killing in under two weeks in the Latin American country, the SNAI prison agency said.

Almost 200 environmental activists were murdered last year, with the toll especially heavy in South America, according to ...