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Ecuador's interior minister quits after prison riots Issued on: 06/03/2021 - 01:18 1 min Quito (AFP) Ecuador's interior minister resigned Friday 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. 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.
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”.
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Ecuadorean officials said on Monday prison riots that left 79 inmates dead last week were linked to organized transnational crime, and said the situation in its penitentiary system remained "tense."
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2021-02-25 22:35:33 GMT2021-02-26 06:35:33(Beijing Time) Xinhua English QUITO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's National Police on Thursday morning foiled an escape attempt by inmates at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil amid a new riot in the prison, the Minister of Government Patricio Pazmino said. "During the early hours of February 25, police thwarted escape attempt, seized 5 firearms, 5 feeders and 52 rounds of ammunition," the minister posted on his Twitter account. After successive violent incidences in Ecuadorian prisons, Pazmino ordered the country's governorships to permanently activate security committees in the provinces to overcome the "prison crisis." According to local media, at least 130 inmates attempted to escape, 123 of whom have been recaptured, while seven are still at large.
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| UPDATED: 11:46, Thu, Feb 25, 2021 Link copied Ecuador: Reporter robbed at gunpoint outside stadium Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Four of Ecuador’s jails saw unprecedented and bloody violence this week, in confrontations that were described by the South American country’s government as “concerted action by criminal organisations”. Now the death toll from the violence has reached 79, including 18 prisoners who were found dismembered at one jail. Police are now preparing to re-enter one jail and use "necessary rational force" as another mutiny has been reported.