Ecuador News » Guayas News Ecuador » Guayas » Government: Soldiers raid Ecuadorian prison to quell riot as death toll climbs
Officers seized nine rifles, one grenade launcher, four pistols, two revolvers, and 1,000 rounds of ammunition as the death toll of riots rose to 31.
News Ecuador » Guayas » Government: Organized crime prosecutor in Ecuador's Guayas killed-AG's office
QUITO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean prosecutor Cesar Suarez, who focused on pursuing organized trans-national crime in Guayas province, one of the country's most violent areas and the site of an ...
News Ecuador » Guayas » Government: New prison riot in Ecuador leaves 68 dead
Prison inmates from rival gangs in Ecuador fought each other with guns, explosives and blades in a bloodbath that left at least 68 dead in the same prison where a riot in September claimed 119 lives, ...
News Ecuador » Guayas » Government: Ecuador deploys 75,000 soldiers and police to combat drug gangs
The Ecuadorean government has deployed more than 75,000 police officers and soldiers to four of the country's most violence-wracked provinces, the interior minister says. The authorities have also ...
News Ecuador » Guayas » Government: Ecuador Police Arrest Los Lobos Suspect on 11 October
Ecuador's police arrested a Los Lobos suspect known as El Patrón in Quevedo, a city the US tells Americans not to visit for any reason.
News Ecuador » Guayas » Government: Government of Ecuador continues military security operations
Quito, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) The Ecuadorian government announced that the Police and the Armed Forces will continue conducting joint security operations, despite the end of the state of emergency in ...