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Ecuador's interior minister quits over deadly prison riots
Patricio Pazmino says ‘irrevocable resignation’ is a personal decision adding that he has also been diagnosed with COVID-19 for a second time.
6 Mar 2021
Ecuador’s interior minister has resigned in the wake of simultaneous riots in four prisons that left 79 people dead.
“It is my own personal decision to submit my irrevocable resignation as minister,” Patricio Pazmino said in a letter to President Lenin Moreno, which was made public on Twitter on Friday.
Pazmino, a reserve police officer, said his “management at the head of the ministry has been questioned”, without giving further details.
On Monday, the National Assembly called for the removal of Pazmino, as well as the head of the police and the prison service.
Pazmino’s resignation came a week after the riots, which Moreno called an outbreak of “barbarism”.
More:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/6/ecuadors-interior-minister-quits-over-deadly-prison-riots
