US EditionEcuador prison violence kills at least 15
- At least 15 people were killed and 14 injured due to a fight among inmates at Ecuador's largest prison, as stated by authorities.
- The violence erupted in a pavilion at Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil early Tuesday, according to the national prison agency SNAI.
- Authorities regained control of the prison later in the day and conducted a large-scale search following the violence.
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A ri among prisoners in the most large and dangerous prison in Ecuador left 15 dead and 14 wounded.
A line of ambulances was waiting on Tuesday outside the Litoral Penitentiary, Ecuador’s most dangerous prison, after a new massacre took place inside the prison. The unusual movement of security forces officers at dawn indicated that something serious had happened in the compound. A group of people were already waiting for their turn to see their relatives detained in the prison. In their eyes, the uncertainty and anguish about how the detainees…
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udgtvAt least 15 prisoners were killed and 14 more were injured by a confrontation between prisoners this Tuesday in a convulsive prison in the Ecuadorian port of Guayaquil. This is the first prison massacre faced by President Daniel Noboa in his war on crime. In images captured by the AFP, a dozen bodies wrapped in blankets and lying in a cement yard are observed, while a group of four prisoners in orange uniforms deposit another body.
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La Penitenciaría del Litoral is the largest prison in Guayaquil, and in previous years it has been the scene of the worst massacres among prisoners
At least 15 dead as inmates clash at notorious Ecuadorian prison
By Ivonne Valdés, CNNE (CNN) — At least 15 people have been killed and 14 injured in clashes between inmates at one of Ecuador’s largest and most notorious prisons, local authorities say. The violence broke out early Tuesday in one of the pavilions at Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, according to national prison agency SNAI. Both Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, and the prison itself are notorious for violent confrontatio…
Quito.- A quarrel between prisoners in the largest and most dangerous prison in Ecuador left 15 dead and 14 injured on Tuesday, the state prison agency reported, in the bloodiest prison episode facing the government of President Daniel Noboa. The prison authority attributed the events to “serious incidents among persons deprived of their liberty”, without giving more details. That same prison, the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, was the scene…
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