QUITO, Ecuador -- Four inmates died and more than 30 others were injured Sunday when a riot broke out at a prison in Ecuador, corrections officials in the South American country said.

At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation Sunday at Ecuador’s Machala prison in El Oro province, hours after an ...

Authorities say prisoners in Machala died from asphyxiation and hanging after violent clashes erupted inside the facility.

Officials said authorities regained control of the facility following the riot, which also injured one police officer.

A deadly riot at Machala prison left at least 27 inmates dead and dozens injured, highlighting ongoing gang violence in Ecuador’s overcrowded prison system.

Authorities in Ecuador said 27 inmates died by asphyxiation and four others were killed earlier during a riot at a Machala ...

QUITO: Authorities said at least 27 inmates were found dead by asphyxiation Sunday afternoon at an Ecuadoran prison where an ...

Authorities said at least 27 inmates were found dead by asphyxiation on Sunday afternoon at an Ecuadorian prison where an ...

Dozens of people were found dead at an Ecuadoran prison on Sunday afternoon a deadly riot that morning.

Twenty-seven prisoners in the port town of Machala died from asphyxiation and 'immediate death by hanging', says the SNAI prisons agency.

Authorities say at least 27 inmates were found dead by asphyxiation at an Ecuadorian prison on Monday after an armed riot ...

QUITO, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- At least four inmates were killed Sunday in a prison riot in Machala, the capital of Ecuador's southern coastal province of El Oro, the national prison administration agency ...