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Quito : At least nine people were killed in an armed attack at a small fishing port in the Ecuadorian province of Esmeraldas, on the border with Colombia, said the State Attorney General's Office (FGE). Authorities recovered seven bodies at…

Quito : At least five inmates were killed and another 23 people were injured in the latest riot to roil Ecuador's prison system, authorities said.Of the injured in the riot on Wednesday, 18 were inmates and five were police officers,…

Quito : At least 13 inmates were killed and another two injured in a prison riot in the Ecuadorean city of Santo Domingo following a fight among inmates in the prison.The prison riot occurred on Monday. The National Police, the Armed…

Quito : The number of prisoners killed in a predawn prison riot in Ecuador's north-central province of Pichincha climbed to 43, the national Prosecutor's Office confirmed. "So far 43 inmates have died" as a result of the melee at the…

Quito : At least 12 inmates were killed and 10 others injured during a violent riot at a prison in Ecuador, according to authorities. The riot took place on Sunday in Cuenca's city's Turi prison, one of the largest correctional centres in…

Quito : At least 18 people were killed and 25 others injured in a passenger bus accident in the Sucua canton of the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago in southern Ecuador, the Integrated Security Service ECU 911 has reported.The accident…

Quito : Ecuadorian authorities have identified 34 of the 68 prisoners killed in the violent riot at the Litoral Penitentiary, the main prison in the city of Guayaquil.In a statement on Sunday, the General Secretariat of Communication for…