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At least six inmates were killed and 11 others were injured during a riot between rival gang members inside the Guayas 1 prison in Ecuador, according to grisly videos and reports.
Ecuador’s prisons have been the scene of a series of massacres since 2020 in which more than 450 prisoners have been murdered, as a result of clashes between rival gangs that dispute internal drug trafficking control of the detention centers.
Translated from Spanish via Google Translate:
“GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR – The number of inmates killed in clashes between persons deprived of their liberty in a prison in the coastal province of Guayas (southwest) rose to six, which also left eleven injured.
Mass killings featuring stunning levels of violence such as beheadings are common in the overcrowded Ecuadoran prison network.
The situation of violence has also spread to the streets, with organized crime groups fighting for control of drug trafficking routes, especially in the coastal area, where the ports that have made Ecuador one of the main springboards for cocaine reaching North America and Europe are located.”