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Ecuador: Violence kills dozens of inmates at three prisons
Police in Ecuador say riots in three prisons have killed more than 60 inmates. The simultaneous outbreaks of violence have been attributed to organized crime.
Ecuadorian police on Tuesday said at least 62 people had been killed in prison mutinies in three separate facilities.
News of the violence comes as Ecuador struggles to deal with prison overcrowding and frequent violence between gangs.
What do we know?
The unrest happened at facilities in the port city of Guayaquil in the southwest, and at Cuenca and Latacunga in the Andes.
Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno wrote on Twitter that criminal organizations were behind the violence.
More:
https://www.dw.com/en/ecuador-violence-kills-dozens-of-inmates-at-three-prisons/a-56667502
