Guayaquil, Ecuador, April 28, 2026 (AFP) - Ecuador plans more mega-prisons for gang members: minister to AFP

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Ecuador plans to build more mega-prisons to combat a surge in drug trafficking which has caused homicide rates to soar, Interior Minister John Reimberg told AFP on Tuesday. Reimberg said Ecuador would build "as many (prisons) as necessary for these criminals" as part of the South American nation's crackdown on gang violence. In November, the government opened the country's first maximum-security facility for 800 suspected gang members. A second i......

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