Ecuador prison riot leaves 31 dead as gangs war in packed facility

Ecuador forces wrest back control of prison as riot death toll climbs

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.

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.

Death toll from violence in Ecuador prisons hits 31

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador's attorney general raised the death toll from a wave of violence over the weekend in one the country's most dangerous jails to 31 late on Tuesday, after

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.

Laut Behörden wurden mehr als 100 von Häftlingen als Geiseln genommene Gefängnismitarbeiter wieder freigelassen.