Ecuador prison riots escalate, claiming at least 31 lives as gang violence intensifies amid ongoing security challenges.
A day of violent rioting at a prison in southwest Ecuador on Sunday (November 9, 2025) caused the deaths of at least 31 inmates, the country’s prisons agency said.
Twenty-seven prisoners in port town Machala, south of Guayaquil, died due to asphyxiation and “immediate death by hanging,” according to a statement shared on X by the SNAI prisons agency. There were no other details about how the prisoners died.
Ecuador’s prisons are among the deadliest in Latin America due to overcrowding, corruption and weak control.
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