Three inmates dead in latest Ecuador prison riot

Three dead in prison riot

Three prisoners were killed during a riot at the high-security La Roca prison in the port city of Guayaquil in Ecuador on Tuesday, the country's government announces. When violence broke out at the prison, which seats 150 inmates, there were 23 inmates in the building. Most of them leaders of various drug smuggling gangs fighting for power both in prison and on the streets...

Three inmates dead in latest Ecuador prison riot

GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), April 5 — Three inmates died in Ecuador yesterday in the latest burst of violence in its maximum security prison system, the government said. The SNAI agency said the latest rioting broke out at La Roca prison in the port city of Guayaquil, a growing nerve centre in the global drug trade. After the fighting erupted, prison agents, police and the military activated security protocols with which “control was retaken,” the SNAI…

Three dead in prison riot

Tre fångar dödades under ett upplopp i högsäkerhetsfängelset La Roca i hamnstaden Guayaquil i Ecuador på tisdagen, meddelar landets regering.