Ecuador prison riot: New fighting at Guayaquil jail kills 68

[Eugene]

Also: Ecuador: 68 inmates killed and 25 injured in latest prison massacre

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Source: BBC

Ecuador prison riot: New fighting at Guayaquil jail kills 68

14 November 2021

At least 68 prisoners have been killed in new fighting at an Ecuadorean prison where more than a hundred inmates died in clashes between rival gangs in September, officials say.

The riot at the Litoral Penitentiary in the city of Guayaquil reportedly began on Friday evening.

Police tactical units who have entered prison buildings have found guns, explosives and blades, reports say.

Nearly 300 inmates have died so far this year in the country's prisons.

September's gang-related violence was the worst in Ecuador's history.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59276428

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Source: The Guardian

Ecuador: 68 inmates killed and 25 injured in latest prison massacre

Deaths at Litoral penitentiary part of wave of prison violence that has claimed more than 280 lives

Dan Collyns in Lima
@yachay_dc
Sat 13 Nov 2021 22.30 GMT

At least 68 prisoners have been killed and 25 injured in a jail in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador after bloodletting between rival gangs broke out on Friday night, the attorney general’s office said on Saturday.

The latest massacre occurred in the Litoral penitentiary, the same jail where at least 119 inmates lost their lives a little more than a month before in the country’s deadliest ever prison riot.

It is the latest bloodshed in a wave of prison violence in Ecuador this year which pushes the death toll to more than 280 inmates. The scale and savagery of the violence between rival drug trafficking gangs vying for control of prisons has stunned the country.

The latest carnage was no exception. Videos on social media purportedly posted by inmates overnight showed victims being beaten and burned alive in a prison courtyard.

Other videos showed detainees begging for help to stop the violence as shots and explosions rang out in the background. The Guardian could not independently verify the origin of the videos.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/13/ecuador-68-inmates-killed-and-25-injured-in-latest-prison-massacre

[jpak]

1. That is just fucked up

Jeebus

[regnaD kciN]

2. You know what's really fucked-up about this...?

Newly-elected right-wing president Lasso, who has already seen his approval rating drop from 74% to 34% since taking office, trying to use the violence in the prisons as pretext for declaring a state of emergency, suspending the constitution, and imposing martial law over the entire country.