Officers mentioned gun and knife battles between rival gangs erupted on Monday night time in three totally different prisons within the nation.
Prisons in Ecuador had been on excessive alert after greater than 50 folks had been killed and dozens of others injured in three jail riots, police mentioned on Tuesday.
In response to authorities, riots erupted in prisons situated in three cities Guayaquil, Cuenca and Latacunga. The violence was attributable to disputes between rival gangs contained in the prisons, officers mentioned. Native media reported that prisoners had been killed utilizing weapons and knives.
Police Basic Commander Patricio Carrillo mentioned on Twitter on Tuesday that extra safety forces had been despatched to the prisons to regain management. Carrillo mentioned the riots concerned high-security prisoners.
“All of the prisons in the meanwhile have restriction and controls in place,” Carrillo wrote.
INFORMAMOS 🚨
Ante los hechos suscitados el día de hoy en los CRS Guayas, Azuay y Cotopaxi @PoliciaEcuador se encuentra gestionando el management de los mismos. Al momento Criminalística reporta más de 50 PPL fallecidos.
Seguiremos informando… pic.twitter.com/OTbX3ziazU
— Policía Ecuador (@PoliciaEcuador) February 23, 2021
Translation: Given the occasions that occurred at the moment in Guayas, Azuay and Cotopaxi @PoliciaEcuador is managing the management of them. In the meanwhile there are experiences of greater than 50 lifeless. We are going to proceed to tell …
The riots reportedly erupted on Monday night time, after prisoners took jail guards hostage.
Native media reported that a number of ambulances had been seen leaving the jails, and that as information of the riots was made public, dozens of prisoners’ kinfolk gathered exterior the prisons to get extra info on what was occurring.
Pictures and movies circulating on social media confirmed inmates gathered on a jail rooftop with law enforcement officials on bikes and in patrol automobiles surrounding the jail.
In a tweet, Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno mentioned gangs had carried out “simultaneous acts of violence in a number of prisons within the nation,” and that in coordination with the Minister of Authorities, Patricio Pazmino Castillo, police had been working to regain management of prisons.
Organizaciones criminales realizan acciones de violencia simultáneas en varios centros penitenciarios del país. La @PoliciaEcuador en coordinación con el Ministro de Gobierno, @ppazminoec, están actuando para retomar management de cárceles en Guayaquil, Cuenca y Latacunga. https://t.co/9gdGoWTQHr
— Lenín Moreno (@Lenin) February 23, 2021
Translation: Felony organizations carried out acts of simultaneous violence in a number of prisons within the nation. The @PoliciaEcuador in coordination with the Minister of Authorities,@ppazminoec, are working to regain management of prisons in Guayaquil, Cuenca and Latacunga.
Jail riots and disputes between rival gangs steadily happen in Ecuador. 5 inmates had been killed in a brawl in a jail in Latacunga in December.
