Banned drugs and weapons were found in offices at Ecuadorean prisons on Friday, prompting the arrests of two wardens and seven other staff members, the country’s prosecutor said.
Ecuador’s security forces stand guard next to relatives of inmates while they wait for news about their loved ones outside the prison in Guayaquil, after Ecuador’s government on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout the country’s prisons and authorized armed forces to retake control of jails, following a wave of violence that left 18 dead over the weekend, in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
QUITO — A wave of violence swept prisons in late July, and at least 31 people died in a conflict between criminal gangs inside a penitentiary in Guayaquil.Ecuadorean security forces on Friday inspected two prisons in Guayaquil including the Penitenciaria del Litoral, one of the country’s most dangerous.
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