Ecuador Prison Turmoil: Top Official Assassinated, Two Officers Wounded in Brazen Assault
Quito, Ecuador — The director of a high-security prison in Ecuador was killed and two other prison officers were injured in a violent ambush on Monday, highlighting the ongoing security challenges within the country’s penal system. Authorities reported that the slain director, identified as Luis Mejía, was targeted by armed assailants while navigating through a gate at the Litoral Penitentiary, Ecuador’s largest prison located in the coastal city of Guayaquil. The attackers, who were in …