The latest episode of Ecuador s seemingly endless violence consisted of the assassination of Babahoyo Prosecutor Genaro R. and the kidnapping of former Durán Mayor Mariana Mendieta de Narváez, in addition to the death of six other prison inmates just over a week before the presidential elections.
Luisa González of former President Rafel Correa s Revolucion Ciudadana (RC) was the most-voted candidate in Sunday s elections in Ecuador marred by last week s murder of Movimiento Construye s (MC) hopeful Fernando Villavicencio.
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Thirteen inmates died in Santo Domingo Prison in Ecuador, after a prison riot broke out on Monday. At least 13 inmates were killed while two others were injured in a prison in Ecuador, following a deadly prison riot.
Ecuadorian police have reported that 80 people had been arrested in arrests in anti-government protests over the past few days following riots in Quito and other parts of the country where a curfew is in force and a state of emergency has been declared.
At least 44 inmates on Monday died in Ecuador’s latest prison riot, the public prosecutor said, as another 100 prisoners managed to escape. Authorities said that a fight broke out between the rival Los Lobos and R7 gangs inside the Bellavista Prison in Santo Domingo de los Colorados, about 80km from the capital, Quito. During the riot, dozens of inmates tried to escape, with Police Chief Fausto Salinas telling reporters that 108 remained missing after another 112 escaped prisoners were recaptured. The South American country’s prison authority, SNAI, said that it has activated security protocols to contain the “disturbances to order.” Six gang leaders