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Minister Leads Massive Military Intervention in Ecuador’s Largest and Dangerous Prison · Global Voices

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Ecuadorean Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo led this Sunday a massive military control intervention in the Litoral Penitentiary, the largest, most populous and most dangerous prison in the Andean country. The Security Block, through the Armed Forces, carried out a large-scale operation to dismantle possible organized crime structures that attempt to operate from inside that prison.
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Prisons are one of the cores of the violence that Ecuador lives, as about 600 prisoners have been killed since 2021, mainly as a result of massacres generated by conflicts between rival gangs.

This Sunday, the Security Block carried out a large-scale operation at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil.

Minister of Defense led military operation in the Litoral Penitentiary The Defense Minister, Gian Carlo Loffredo, led this Sunday a massive military control intervention in the Litoral Penitentiary, the country's largest, populated and most dangerous prison, located in Guayaquil. The operation, executed by the Security Block through [...] Entry Ecuador The Defense Minister led a military operation in the country's largest Penitentiary in Guayaq…

Ecuadorean Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo led this Sunday a massive military control intervention in the Litoral Penitentiary, the largest, most populous and most dangerous prison in the Andean country. The Security Block, through the Armed Forces, carried out a large-scale operation to dismantle possible organized crime structures that attempt to operate from inside that prison.

Ecuador’s Security Block carried out a massive intervention in the Litoral Penitentiary, in Guayaquil, to dismantle organized crime structures, under the supervision of defense authorities. The post Security Block carries out massive intervention in the Guayaquil Litoral Penitentiary appeared first on El Diario.

Troops specialized in arms and explosives control conducted a search at the facilities.

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fmmundo.com broke the news in on Sunday, August 31, 2025.
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