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Four Dead, Dozens Injured In Ecuadoran Prison Clash
- On Sunday, November 9, 2025, a riot at Machala prison caused at least 31 inmate deaths, according to SNAI.
- After a prisoner reorganisation at a new maximum-security facility, President Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador, blamed rival gangs battling for dominance.
- Earlier on November 9, 2025, SNAI reported four deaths at the same prison in a separate incident that tactical police brought under control, and provided no other details about the latest deaths.
- Ecuador has faced a wave of deadly prison riots in recent years, resulting in hundreds of deaths, and days later another 17 people were killed in Esmeraldas.
- The administration, which has pledged a tough stance on crime, faces renewed scrutiny after the Machala riot, with national coverage published November 10, 2025.
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Ecuador's prisons are in a security crisis. Again and again there are outbreaks of violence. Now 31 people have died in a detention centre within a short time.
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After clashes in a prison in Ecuador, the authorities reported 31 deaths.
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Ecuadorean authorities reported that at least 27 prisoners died on the afternoon of Sunday, November 9 at the Centro de Privación de Libertad de Machala, located in the province of El Oro, in the south of the country. According to the National Service for the Comprehensive Care of Persons Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI), through a statement, “among them they committed asphyxiation, which resulted in immediate death by suspens…
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Leaning Left21Leaning Right21Center24Last UpdatedBias Distribution36% Center
Bias Distribution
- 36% of the sources are Center
36% Center
L 32%
C 36%
R 32%
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