The Armed Forces will remove the soldier who touched a female inmate's breasts in the Guayaquil women's prison.

The Ministry of Defense of Ecuador has initiated formal proceedings to discharge a member of the Armed Forces following an incident at a women's prison in Guayaquil. The military personnel was recorded touching the breasts of a female inmate inside the correctional facility.

Authorities have launched an investigation into the conduct captured in the video, which prompted the immediate administrative action by the defense ministry to separate the individual from military service.