Updated: 25 Feb 2021, 9:19 Invalid Date, AT least 79 inmates have been killed after mass brawls broke out across four jails in Ecuador after a gang leader was murdered. Riot police and the military have been deployed to break up the fights, which first started on Tuesday. 5 5 Families of inmates watch on in horrorCredit: Reuters The blood-thirsty scraps were prompted by a battle of control of the jails after a gang leader was killed in December. Turi prison saw the most deadly of fights, where 34 people were killed. There were also fatalities in two prisons in the city of Guayaquil and in a jail in Latacunga.