Two of the six prisoners who escaped from an Ecuadorian jail after drilling through a cell have been arrested.

Ecuadorian authorities have recaptured two of the six inmates who escaped from a prison in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas on Monday. The escape was executed after the prisoners successfully breached a hole in a second-floor cell wall. Interior Minister John Reimberg confirmed the arrests following the security breach. Efforts to locate the remaining four fugitives are ongoing as officials investigate the circumstances surrounding the escape.