It was the latest in a series of deadly clashes in Ecuador's overpopulated and understaffed prisons...

News reports showed large plumes of smoke rising above the prison in Buriram province, which holds about...

The prison in Vakhdat, 17km east of the capital Dushanbe, holds 1,500 inmates

The police operation was still underway to bring the situation under control

Inmates loyal to PCC, Brazil's most powerful drug gang, and a Manaus criminal group were involved in...