at least 27 prisoners died The attack took place this Sunday at a prison in Machala, Ecuador’s El Oro province, which borders Peru, according to local police reports, local newspapers reported.
The incident occurred on the third floor of the prison. “Initial indications suggest that the death was the result of asphyxiation, but the exact cause has not yet been determined,” the digital portal showed. first fruitThe report said at least 21 prisoners were “found dead at the scene.”
Prison authorities later raised the death toll at the prison to 27.
According to the National Service for Integrated Care for Adult and Young Offenders Deprived of Liberty (Snai), four other prisoners died there and 33 others were injured in the early hours of this Sunday.prisoner reorganization in a new maximum security prison.
Nearly 500 inmates have died from 2021 to date after new clashes between drug gangs seeking to control business within the facility.
Around 3 a.m. local time, residents of Machala, El Oro department, recorded gunshots, explosions and cries for help coming from outside the detention center.
SNAI added that an elite team of police “immediately” entered the prison and arrested seven people who will be charged, and regained control after the riot.
In late September, another armed conflict broke out at the same prison, resulting in the deaths of 14 people, including one prison guard.
A riot broke out at the city jail, leaving at least four inmates dead. #Machalain the southern coastal state of El Oro. #Ecuadorreported by the National Office for Vigilance against Persons Deprived of Liberty and Young Offenders.
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Prison authorities said the new conflict was caused by “reorganization” among some inmates. new maximum security prison It was built in the coastal state of Santa Elena (southwest) by the government of President Daniel Novoa, and its inauguration is scheduled for this month.
In 2024, the military took control of the country’s prisons on the orders of President Noboa, who declared the country in an internal armed conflict. However, in August this year, eight people, including one from Machala, were handed over to the police.
Ecuador’s largest prison massacre occurred in 2021, when more than 100 inmates were killed in a prison in Guayaquil (southwest).
Prisoners live-streamed the bloody clash, with decapitated and incinerated bodies, and streamed it on social networks.
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