Eight Dead, 10 Injured in Ecuador Prison Riots: Officials
- Eight inmates were killed and 10 injured in near-simultaneous riots at Ecuador’s Cotopaxi and Pichincha prisons on October 22.
- Ecuador’s prison authority, SNAI, confirmed four deaths at each facility, and the injured received medical care.
- Forensic personnel found gunshot and knife wounds at one of the facilities, and preliminary information pointed to a dispute between criminal gangs.
- Officials said suspected participants were identified and would be transferred to the maximum-security El Encuentro prison.
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Riots broke out in two prisons in Ecuador, leaving eight dead and 10 injured, as authorities prepare to transfer the perpetrators to a maximum-security prison.
The riots took place at the Centro de Privación de Libertad Cotopaxi No. 1 and at the Centro de Privación Provisional de Libertad Pichincha No. 1, and coincide with the arrest of the former presidential candidate and opposition leader, Luisa González, during the same day.
At least eight prisoners killed and ten injured in two new massacres in prisons in Ecuador
Eight inmates were killed on Thursday during riots at two prisons in Ecuador, according to the country's penitentiary service (SNAI). Four inmates were reported dead at the Cotopaxi prison. Another four were killed at a prison in Pichincha, near the capital Quito, SNAI said. About ten inmates were injured in the riots that broke out. Authorities said those responsible had been identified and would be transferred to the maximum-security prison "E…
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