Ecuador's president has ordered that criminal gangs be "neutralised" after days of violence culminated in ... the Choneros (named after the town of Chone in Manabi Province) as well as 21 other ...

How Ecuador descended into gang violence Ecuador inmates seize guards ... His decree listed the Choneros (named after the town of Chone in Manabi Province) as well as 21 other gangs.

Ecuador's Attorney General's office said that it is preparing to charge nine inmates with murder stemming from the violence. A dozen outbreaks of violence in Ecuadorian prisons have left more than ...

Ecuador is facing growing violence linked to drug-trafficking gangs, which has put a huge strain on the under-resourced and overcrowded prison system. Hundreds of inmates have been killed in ...

In 2022, seven gunmen were arrested when they stormed a hospital in the town of Chone ... quell the violence, which had spread from the country's prisons to the streets of Ecuador's major cities.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates has ... Authorities provided few details about what triggered the latest bout of violence. In a statement, prison officials said that police and ...

Ecuador's Prisons Bureau known as SNAI said the fighting involved inmates from four of the twelve wards that make up the penitentiary. ”We are in the worst moment of the violence crisis in the ...