At least 31 inmates found dead (mainly due to suffocation) Sunday at Machala Prison in the southwestern province of El Oro. ecuadorwhere two events The violent incidents occurred within 24 hours.
Until the National Police’s “tactical” team intervened. Manage the facility as a wholeThis comes after prison officials warned of riots in protest against the “reshuffle of prisoners in new maximum security prisons”.
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Two fatal episodes occurred on the same day
he riot It happened around 3 a.m. Sunday morning. Residents of the area where the prison is located recorded the sounds. Gunshots, explosions, and cries for help It came from inside the detention center.
The National General Service for Adults Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) reported in a statement: 4 people died During the riot, Thirty-three inmates and one police officer were injured. He said an elite team of police entered the prison “immediately” after the riot and regained control, adding that seven people would be captured and charged.
According to SNAI, these conflicts “ “Reorganization” of some inmates in new maximum security prisons 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.
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Just hours later, prison authorities announced: 27 more bodies discovered people’s died of suffocation “An event different from what happened in the morning.”
“Operations teams and forensic personnel continued to work at the scene,” the department added in a statement after 9 p.m. SNAI said in a statement that 27 people were found dead in the afternoon, without giving details: “Some of them died of suffocation, as a result of which… Instant death due to suspension”The company is still working to clarify the facts.
History of violence between prisoners
At the end of September of the same year, another armed conflict broke out in the same prison. 14 people diedIncluding prison officers. at least a few days later 17 inmates were killed At Esmeraldas Prison. The victim’s body was found mutilated and stabbed.
in 2024 the military took the lead Prisons in the country were closed on Novoa’s orders, which declared the country under armed conflict. However, in August this year, eight people, including Machala, handed over to the police.
The largest prison massacre has occurred in Ecuador. 2021when more than 100 inmates were murdered in the Guayaquil prison. Prisoners even broadcast the bloody clash live on social networks. A decapitated body that was cremated.
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