Noboa's flagship Ecuadorian prison hit with torture and death allegations
El País reports that Ecuador's flagship maximum-security prison — built on the model used by El Salvador's Bukele — is facing accusations of negligence, outbreaks of fatal diseases and government secrecy that have left families in legal limbo.
El País reports that the flagship maximum-security prison created under Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, modelled on Nayib Bukele's prison-building approach in El Salvador, has come under sustained scrutiny over alleged negligence and lack of transparency.
Citing interviews carried out by legal-aid organisations with relatives of inmates, the paper says some detainees have contracted fatal illnesses, and that families and lawyers face long delays in accessing case information. Human rights groups want independent monitoring of in-facility health conditions.
The Noboa government argues the institution has given Ecuador room to manoeuvre against organised criminal networks it has designated as terror groups. Regional experts say the project has become a new focal point in the broader Latin American debate over hardline security policies and prison reform.
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