A new prison fight in Ecuador It occurred this Wednesday in Litoral Prison, the largest and most crowded in the country. so far one prisoner has died and eleven have been injuredAccording to the National Prison Service (SNAI), which is responsible for prisons, six of them are inmates and five are police officers. The body was removed from pavilion 9 of this prison, located in the port city of Guayaquil, after the police managed to enter the area. conflict between prisoners Just like the one that caused the massacre in Latacunga prison (Cotopaxi) just two days ago, with 16 dead and 43 injured.
According to a SNAI source, there was a clash between the prisoners of pavilions 2 and 3 and the inmates of pavilion 9. prison composition. Police reported that five officers were injured by firearms while attempting to regain control of the prison; this was something they were unable to achieve until after 10 pm local time (Thursday 6 October at 3:00 GMT).
Litoral Prison houses More than 6,800 prisoners And it’s been a year since the largest prison massacre in Ecuador on September 28, when 122 inmates were killed, according to official figures from SNAI. At the beginning of last September, a new clash took place between a large number of prisoners and inmates. firearms Three people, including two prisoners and a guard, were injured.
Hours before this latest incident, SNAI reported that 135 inmates had been transferred to various prisons in the country from Latacunga prison in the Andean province of Cotopaxi, the scene of a massacre Monday in which 16 inmates were killed and others killed. 43 injured. This massacre has brought the number of inmates killed in Ecuadorian prisons to 100 since the beginning of 2022, and to 450 since 2020, when these bloody clashes began between rival gangs vying for internal control of the prisons. This was revealed in searches after the blood baths. prisoners have large arsenals of weaponsboth firearms and pistols and even rifles with lots of bullets and big white guns including lots of machetes.