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QUITO (Ecuador), Oct 4 — Ecuador’s government said yesterday it has been able to regain control of a prison where 118 people were killed in rioting this week and that other jails in the Andean country are under the supervision of the police and the military. Successive military and police...

QUITO , Oct 4 — Ecuador’s government said yesterday it has been able to regain control of a prison where 118 people were killed in rioting this week and that other jails in the Andean country are under the supervision of the police and the military.

President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency for the country’s prison system on Wednesday, freeing up resources and personnel to address the violence. Varela said guns, grenades, knives, munitions, cell phones and drugs were all confiscated after police entered.

 

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