Quito (EFE) .- The Number of Imates Killed in Classhes Between Persons Deprived of Liberty (PPL) In a prison in the coastal Province of Guayas (Southwest) Rose to Six, Which Also Left Eleven Injurate, Reported This Sunday The National Comprehensive Care Service for Adults Deports Deprived of Liberty and Adults Nai). After the clashes between organized crime groups (GDO) that occurred on Saturday afternoon and this Sunday, at the Guayas No. 1 Deprivation of Liberty Center (CPL), the SNAI indicated that the Crisis Security Committee was activated at the Unified Command Post.

"We regret to inform that, so far, five people deprived of liberty have died and eleven have been injured as a result of these events, who were promptly evacuated to hospitals and are out of danger," he said. According to the SNAI, in view of the clashes between the GDO, the security protocols were activated in all detention centers nationwide. The situation in prisons in Ecuador He added that prison security agents are being held by the GDO in four prisons in other provinces: Cotopaxi number 1, Azuay number 1, Cañar number 2 and El Oro number 1.

"The corresponding actions are being carried out by the security institutions to release them and return to normality," he said, specifying that "at the moment, the retained servers are in good condition."

Ecuador's prisons have been the scene of a series of massacres since 2020 in which more than 450 prisoners have been murdered, as a result of clashes between rival gangs that dispute internal control of the detention centers.

Source:  https://efe.com/mundo/2023-07-24/al-menos-cinco-reos-fallecidos-en-una-carcel-en-ecuador/