US Edition13 inmates found dead at prison in Ecuador where dozens have been killed in past month
The deaths follow a wave of prison violence linked to rival gangs fighting for control, with 44 inmates killed in the past month, according to authorities.
- On Dec 8, Ecuadorean police found 13 inmates dead at Machala prison during a weekend inspection, SNAI said, with deaths reported Monday and the case under investigation.
- Authorities blame escalating violence on rival gangs Los Lobos and Los Choneros, while President Daniel Noboa's government says prisons are inadequate for current crime levels amid an internal armed conflict.
- An explosive device detonated outside the prison, and SNAI said bodies were found after the blast caused by a drone about 100 meters away; autopsies and routine procedures are under way.
- Authorities deployed additional personnel and police and prison officials intervened at Machala prison, with two officers reported to have non-serious injuries during control restoration.
- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights warns that at least 663 prisoners have died since 2020, with the Machala facility experiencing recent mass killings including 35 inmates last month.
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udgtvThirteen prisoners died on Sunday in a prison in southwestern Ecuador that has been the scene of recent massacres and 44 died in almost a month, the state prison agency (SNAI) reported on Monday. The deaths, whose causes are being investigated, occurred in the penitentiary of the coastal city of Machala, near the border with Peru. “The autopsies and routine procedures are being done to determine the official causes,” the entity said in a message…
An explosion at an Ecuadorian prison leaves more than a dozen inmates dead; the first anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria is commemorated; and Paramount launches a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Tatiana Arias has all the information in the international news segment. Authorities in Ecuador confirmed on Monday the deaths of more than a dozen inmates at the Machala prison, on the country's southern coast.…
Thirteen prisoners died on Sunday in a prison in southwestern Ecuador that has been the scene of recent massacres and 44 died in almost a month, the state prison agency (SNAI) reported on Monday. The deaths, whose causes are being investigated, occurred in the penitentiary of the coastal city of Machala, near the border with Peru. "The autopsies and routine procedures are being done to determine the official causes," the entity said in a message…
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