At least 12 inmates die in an Ecuadorian jail amid a new clash between gangs, in the latest chapter in the South American nation's prison violence.
At least 12 inmates have been killed in an Ecuadorian jail amid a new clash between gangs, the SNAI prison agency says, in the latest chapter in the South American nation's prison violence.Hundreds of inmates have died in prison clashes in Ecuador since 2021The confrontation happened on Friday in the prison known as La Penitenciaría, in the city of Guayaquil, which is one of the country's most dangerous.
Hundreds of inmates have died during riots at Ecuadorian prisons since 2021, which the government attributes to clashes between drug gangs fighting for territory and control.The entity added that the prosecutor's office and the police were in the prison for the identification of the dead bodies.Last year, a United Nations delegation found that the violence in Ecuador's prisons was caused by years of state neglect of the penitentiary system.
President Guillermo Lasso — a conservative former banker facing impeachment hearings on corruption charges that he denies — has struggled to address the growing violence in Ecuador, which is used as a transit point for cocaine moving to Europe and the United States.Earlier this month, Ecuador's government amended a decree to allow the civilian use of firearms and pepper spray, citing rising insecurity in the South American country.
This week, SNAI reported that six prisoners were found hanged in one of the wards of La Penitenciaría. Mr Lasso has increased the presence of the security forces and has repeatedly declared an emergency in the prison system in an attempt to control the violence.
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