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Ecuador's security forces have launched a raid on a major prison in the Guayaquil port, which has been rocked by deadly confrontations between rival gangs. Authorities say 18 inmates died in riots over the weekend.
Some 2,700 soldiers stormed a prison in Ecuador Tuesday to retake control as the death toll from a riot that started three days earlier rose to 18
Some 2,700 soldiers on Tuesday stormed a prison in Ecuador, retaking control of the facility as the death toll from a riot that started over the weekend rose to 31 inmates, authorities said.The armed forces, for its part, said soldiers and police entered Guayas 1 on Tuesday to put down the riot that started Saturday and had left an initial toll of six dead inmates.
Some 2,700 soldiers stormed a prison in Ecuador Tuesday to retake control as the death toll from a riot that started three days earlier rose to 18 inmates, officials said. According to the prosecutors office, the deaths of 18 prisoners is confirmed, while 11 people were injured in the ongoing con ..
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