Revolt at Ecuador jail where powerful gang leader escaped

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Revolt at Ecuador jail where powerful gang leader escaped

GUAYAQUIL, March 28 — Authorities in Ecuador were working to quell a prison revolt Wednesday in the port city of Guayaquil at the same facility where one of the country’s most feared gang leaders escaped in January. The “internal revolt” was started by a group of inmates, the SNAI prisons service said on the social media platform X, adding that authorities had regained control of over 80 per cent of the jail. AFP journalists heard gunshots comin…