In clashes between prisoners in an Ecuadorian prison in the city of Guayaquil , more than a hundred people were killed. This was announced by the President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso at a press conference, which was broadcast on Facebook .
At the moment, it is known about 116 dead and 80 injured. The leader of the country noted that all the victims were prisoners. He called the incident “a very tragic event.” To restore order in the prison and prevent violence in other institutions, the President declared a state of emergency in the Ecuadorian penitentiary system for 60 days.
“We have no specific information about the threat in another prison, but this is to be expected given what happened in this prison and a year or two years ago in other prisons. ”Lasso added. The reason was the conflict between representatives of different gangs. However, the police managed to get the situation under control.
In March 2021, inmates in prisons in Oklahoma (USA) arranged riot and took one of the guards hostage. When order was restored, the police shot one of the convicts. The overseer was released.
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