Ecuador's prisons are among the most dangerous in ... have been under military control since January, when President Daniel Noboa declared a state of "internal armed conflict" after a brutal ...

Images show hundreds of troops storming the main prison in Guayaquil, as President Daniel Noboa's crackdown on gangs shows little sign of slowing down. The troops appear to have taken back control ...

Daniel Noboa, standing next to his wife ... operate from inside jail - by placing the most hardened criminals on prison ships off Ecuador's coast. He has also said that he will boost security ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and ... and inmates have rioted in prisons. Earlier this month, seven men whom authorities identified as suspects in Villavicencio ...

Daniel Noboa has ruled out negotiating with the criminal gangs who have taken about 180 prison officers hostage There remain some pressing issues following the chaotic and violent scenes.

These targeted killings of prison directors have taken place amid President Daniel Noboa’s tough-on-crime policies, which aim to curb violence in Ecuador’s prisons. Ecuador’s prison gangs appear to be ...

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Wednesday halted his agenda in New ... who would thus face between 10 to 13 years in prison. “After the apprehension of a person, allegedly related to the ...

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Friday extended for another 30 ... Among other actions, Noboa's strategy has militarized prisons, formerly run by criminal gangs due to which hundreds of deaths ...

Environmental activists rarely get to celebrate a major win for the planet, but that’s what happened in Ecuador in August ...

The decision also includes the former vice-president of Correa, Jorge Glas, and both their families. According to the former ...

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa has told the BBC the gang violence ... Days of unrest saw two gang leaders escape from jail, prison guards held hostage, and explosive devices set off in a ...