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QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s SNAI jail authority has discovered the our bodies of seven prisoners in the identical jail the place violence between gangs result in the deaths of 119 inmates final month, it mentioned on Saturday.
The seven our bodies have been discovered within the Penitenciaria del Litoral, positioned within the southern metropolis of Guayaquil, which has grow to be Ecuador’s most violent jail.
The riot on the finish of final month additionally left dozens of prisoners injured.
The seven prisoners found lifeless on Saturday have been present in a pavilion used for conjugal visits, the SNAI authority mentioned in a Twitter message with out elaborating.
The deaths of 4 different prisoners within the jail throughout October are additionally below investigation.
The SNAI will work alongside police and prosecutors because it investigates the inmates’ deaths, it mentioned.
Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency for the nation’s penitentiaries final month with a view to unencumber assets and improve management inside prisons.
Members of the navy have additionally been introduced in to assist management prisons throughout the nation.
Officers say gangs have alliances with transnational prison teams and are battling over drug trafficking routes.
For the reason that starting of the month Ecuador’s police have introduced violence in Penitenciaria del Litoral below management, it mentioned, including that different prisons have been additionally below management.
(Reporting by Alexandra Valencia; Writing by Oliver Griffin, Enhancing by Franklin Paul)
