The weekend massacre included, more than 320 inmates have been killed.Īnd it happened even though a state of emergency was declared in the prisons after the violence of September. This year Ecuador's violent, decrepit and overcrowded prisons have seen some of the worst rioting in the history of Latin American penitentiaries. "There are no incidents underway now in the country's prisons," the government said in a statement Sunday. President Guillermo Lasso's office said as the day of horror came to an end that the prison was finally under control thanks to the intervention of 900 police officers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Authorities said they eventually restored control, but more attacks were reported Saturday evening in a different part of the prison.
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