Toll from Ecuador jail riots hits 31 as army wrests back control

Dozens of people have died from a wave of violence in Ecuador’s most dangerous prison, officials said, hours as President Guillermo Lasso imposed a 60-day state of emergency across the country’s penitentiary system.

The prosecutor’s office raised the toll to 31 from 18 late on Tuesday after some 2,700 soldiers were deployed to take control of the over-crowded Guayas 1 prison in the port city of Guayaquil.

Battles between the rival gangs there had left 14 wounded, it said.

The government, via its communications secretariat Segcom, said “total control” has now been regained at Guayas 1, which houses more than 5,600 inmates.

It said some 120 prison officers had also been freed after being held hostage in six jails around the country. There was no official information about hunger strikes allegedly taking place at some prisons.

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One Comment

Sam Brady July 27, 2023 at 14:19

Don’t worry the Ecuadorians will just ship the “trouble Makers ” to the U.S. Border.Everything free in America !