Exterior of Zone 8 Deprivation of Liberty Center in Guayaquil, Ecuador Īs news of the riots was made public, dozens of prisoners’ relatives gathered outside the facilities to get more information on what was happening, local media said. Local media reported that several ambulances were seen leaving the jails.

The riots reportedly erupted on Monday night after prisoners took prison guards hostage. “All the prisons at the moment have restriction and controls in place,” Carrillo wrote. We will continue to inform …Īnother 33 died at the prison in Cuenca in the south and eight in Latacunga in the center of the South American country, according to Edmundo Moncayo, director of the government’s SNAI prisons management body.Įarlier on Tuesday, Police General Commander Patricio Carrillo said on Twitter the riots involved high-security prisoners. At the moment there are reports of more than 50 dead.

Translation: Given the events that occurred today in Guayas, Azuay and Cotopaxi is managing the control of them. Al momento Criminalística reporta más de 50 PPL fallecidos. Several police were also injured, said Moncayo, but no deaths have been reported among security personnel.Īs security forces battled to regain control, distraught family members waited desperately for news outside the prison in Ecuador’s western port city of Guayaquil, where officials said 21 died.Īnte los hechos suscitados el día de hoy en los CRS Guayas, Azuay y Cotopaxi se encuentra gestionando el control de los mismos. “These were two groups vying for criminal leadership within the detention centres,” said Edmundo Moncayo, the director of Ecuador’s prison agency.Īuthorities have been able “to control and restore order within the detention centres” with the help of an additional 800 police officers, he added. Local media reported prisoners were killed in gun and knife attacks. Officials blamed the riots at detention facilities in the cities of Guayaquil, Cuenca and Latacunga on disputes between rival gangs. At least 75 people have been killed and dozens more injured in three separate prison riots in Ecuador, authorities said on Tuesday.

Liberty township hostage