Ecuador, clashes between prisoners in the El Litoral prison in Guayaquil: at least 12 dead

At least 12 people died and three were injured in the violent clashes that broke out in Ecuador between the inmates of different pavilions of the El Litoral prison in Guayaquil

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The incidents, reports the Primicias news portal, began yesterday afternoon, with witnesses reporting that they had hearing gunshots and explosionsand ended only around 8.30 pm local time (2 am in Italy)

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Ecuadorian police sources confirmed that the clash took place in pavilions 3, 5, 8 and 9 of the prison, which is one of the most important in Ecuador

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It is generally believed that halls 3 and 5 are controlled by Las Aguilas criminal gang8 is managed instead by Tigueroneswhile 9 is in the hands of a group called Los Lobos

The National Assistance System for Persons Deprived of Their Liberty (Snai) has activated all the security protocols to restore calm in the detention center

A group of magistrates will arrive today for authorize the removal of the bodiesand only then will the exact balance of the clashes be known, which at the moment is 12 dead and three wounded

This new serious accident, the portal adds, has taken place one day after three guards were killed prison in a restaurant that is located in front of the prison

And two days after that in a police inspection six inmates were found hanged in their cells

The Ecuadorian media finally recalled that since January 2021 they are at least 430 prisoners died in incidents inside prisons throughout the country.

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