Vowing to bring peace back to a shattered country, President Daniel Noboa has deployed the military to take on what he calls “terrorist” groups.
Tag: Prison Escapes
Ecuador Plunges Into Crisis Amid Prison Riots, Kidnappings
The president declared a state of emergency and ordered the military to “neutralize” dozens of gangs. Gunmen stormed a TV studio as cameras rolled.
UK Prisons Are Nearly Full
In England and Wales, prisons are almost full, part of a troubling trend that experts say creates unsafe conditions for both those in detention and the staff who manage them.
Daniel Abed Khalife, Ex-Soldier Who Escaped From British Prison, Is Recaptured
The fugitive broke out by strapping himself under a food delivery van. He was arrested three days later just miles away.
U.K. Police Hunt Daniel Abed Khalife, Terror Suspect Who Escaped London Prison
A former British Army soldier, Daniel Abed Khalife, broke out of prison while awaiting trial on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act and terrorism-related offenses.
U.K. Police Hunt Daniel Abed Khalife, Terror Suspect Who Escaped London Prison
A former British Army soldier, Daniel Abed Khalife, broke out of prison while awaiting trial on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act and terrorism-related offenses.
In Australia, He Was a ‘Great Father.’ Secretly, He Was an Escaped Convict.
New DNA evidence helped confirm that a man who went by John Damon and died in Australia in 2010 was actually William Leslie Arnold, a convicted killer and escaped inmate from Nebraska.
Ecuador Prison Riot Leaves Dozens Dead
The riot in northern Ecuador left at least 40 inmates dead and more than a dozen injured. It’s the latest blood bath inside the country’s troubled and overcrowded prison system.
Violence Erupts at Syrian Camp for ISIS Families, Leaving a Child Dead
Security forces say they opened fire this week after they were attacked by women and children at Al Hol camp in northeastern Syria, which holds about 60,000 family members of former ISIS fighters.
Teenage Inmates in Syria Lack Food and Medicine, Aid Group Says
UNICEF was given the first glimpse of teenage detainees at a prison attacked by ISIS two weeks ago in northeastern Syria.