Ecuador prison riot leaves three dead, six injured

Aerial view showing the marks left by mattresses and other objects set on fire on a roof of the Guayas 4 block, in the Regional 8 prison complex in Guayaquil, Ecuador, taken on March 28, 2024, a day after an"internal revolt.". — AFP picQUITO, March 29 — At least three prisoners were killed and six injured in an overnight revolt in an Ecuador prison, from which one of the country’s most feared gang leaders escaped in January, authorities said Thursday.

The country’s prison agency, SNAI, said in a statement that the three inmates died when a “clash” broke out with security forces Wednesday but that the facility “is 100 percent under control.”AFP reporters heard gunshots and saw fires spreading inside the prison, one of four that make up a vast penitentiary complex in Guayaquil.

After the escape, Noboa imposed a state of emergency — which has been extended until April — and declared war on the gangs that have sunk their claws into the country. The government has deployed soldiers to retake control of the country’s prisons, which had become the nerve centre — and battleground — for gangs linked to Mexican and Colombian cartels.Once considered a bastion of peace in Latin America, Ecuador has been plunged into crisis by the rapid spread of transnational cartels that use its ports to ship drugs to the United States and Europe.

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