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Torturers from the dictatorship sent to prison in Uruguay

Published on: December 25, 2024
10:32

Montevideo, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan court ordered the prosecution of three retired military officers accused of torturing 39 teenagers in April 1975, during the dictatorship that reigned here, it was announced.

Ecuadorian government gives in and announces relocation of new prison

Published on: December 16, 2024
19:02

Quito, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) Following two weeks of social protests on the streets, the Ecuadorian government announced on Monday that the maximum-security prison initially planned to be built in the Amazonian community of Archidona will be instead be erected in Salinas, province of Santa Elena.

Archidona locals repudiate new prison construction in Ecuador

Published on: November 28, 2024
15:25

Quito, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) The government of Ecuador will build a second maximum security prison worth 51.9 million dollars in the Amazon city of Archidona, in Napo province, where the locals have voiced rejection to the planned penitentiary.

Prison sentences for Plan Condor crimes in Uruguay

Published on: November 21, 2024
11:36

Montevideo, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan court ordered the prosecution of retired military officer Eduardo Ferro for violations of human rights during repressive operations under the Condor Plan.

Ecuador’s government seeks to suspend telecommunications in prisons

Published on: October 17, 2024
16:13

Quito, Oct 17 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador's Interior and Telecommunications Ministries signed an agreement to eliminate the internet signal in the country's prisons, which have currently become the epicenter of the national security crisis.

Attempted prison break leaves two dead in Honduras

Published on: September 19, 2024
16:07

Tegucigalpa, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) Two inmates lost their lives and six others were injured during an escape attempt in the Honduran prison of Tamara, reported Thursday the National Penitentiary Institute (INP).

Alleged killer of 42 women in Kenya escapes from prison

Published on: August 20, 2024
11:16

Nairobi, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) A serial killer, arrested last July in Kenya, escaped from a police station, local media reported.

Large majority of Chileans support building maximum security prison

Published on: July 29, 2024
08:43

Santiago de Chile, Jul 29 (Prensa Latina) A large majority of Chileans support the construction of a maximum security prison for organized crime leaders, according to the results of A Plaza Pública Cadem survey.

Israel has perpetrated over 500 attacks on Palestinian journalists

Published on: July 16, 2024
13:26

Ramallah, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian Journalists Union stated on Tuesday that Israeli security forces and settlers have perpetrated more than 500 attacks on journalists in the occupied territories during the first six months of this year.

International committee asks Ecuador to guarantee Glas’s integrity

Published on: July 16, 2024
11:47

Quito, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) An international committee is seeking to restore the asylum status of former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who currently remains at a maximum security prison, where the politician's integrity is being violated.

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