Ecuador’s security forces reclaimed control of several prisons that had fallen into the hands of gang members on Sunday, after securing the release of more than 200 officials who had been held hostage inside. Following the dangerous drug lord’s prison escape, the government and powerful narco gangs declared an all-out war on one another, sparking the nation’s long-brewing security crisis. …
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President Guillermo Lasso issues order ‘to mobilise all necessary human and economic resources’ to re-establish order after deadly incident. President Guillermo Lasso had issued the order “to mobilise all necessary human and economic resources to re-establish order” in Ecuador’s prisons after violence erupted on Wednesday at jails in Guayas, in southwestern Ecuador, and Cotopaxi, in the centre of the country. …
The latest violence comes months after at least 79 inmates died in the country’s worst prison riots. At least 18 inmates died and several police officers were injured during riots at two of Ecuador’s largest penitentiaries, the Andean country’s SNAI prison authority said late on Wednesday, marking the second major deadly wave of prison violence this year. On Thursday, Ecuador’s …
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