US EditionEcuador prison riot leaves 31 dead as gangs war in packed facility
- A prison riot in Ecuador's Guayas 1 prison has resulted in the death toll rising to 31 inmates, with 14 others wounded. The violence is a result of clashes between rival gangs with links to drug trafficking.
- Ecuador has experienced a string of violent clashes in its prisons, leading to the deaths of at least 420 individuals in 2021. Corruption among guards has allowed inmates to obtain weapons and explosives, leading to a high level of brutality.
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Ecuador prison riot leaves 31 dead as gangs war in packed facility
Some 2,700 soldiers on Tuesday stormed a prison in Ecuador, retaking control of the facility as the death toll from a riot that started over the weekend rose to 31 inmates, authorities said. The latest battle between rival gangs at the overcrowded, violence-hobbled Guayas 1 prison in the port city of Guayaquil has left 31 people dead and 14 wounded, the public prosecutor's office said, updating an earlier death toll from 18.
Ecuador: Death toll in prison clashes rises to 31
Ecuadorian authorities Tuesday confirmed that the number of inmates killed in prison clashes nationwide since July 22 had reached 31. In this scenario, President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency in all correctional facilities for 60 days, through which some 2,700 law enforcement officers carried out a control operation at the premises, it was announced.
Violence in prisons in Ecuador hit the country hard again this Tuesday, after it became known that the last massacre that occurred in the Litoral Penitentiary, its largest and most populated prison, left at least 31 prisoners killed and 14 injured, while in thirteen prisons the inmates were on hunger strike and 137 guards were being held in six of them. Continue reading...
Thirty-one inmates died and 14 were injured in a new series of violence in a prison in Ecuador. 2,700 police officers intervened to restore order, with one injured.
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