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Ecuador Prison Riot Police, Military stationed outside Litoral Penitentiary in Ecuador's Guayaquil. Courtesy: Twitter/FiscalÃÂa Ecuador (Ecuador Prosecutor's Office)
Quito, Ecuador/JEN: Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso has declared a state of emergency in the country's prison system after a deadly clash between two drug gangs in a penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil killed at least 116 inmates and injured nearly 80 others, including two security guards, on Tuesday.
Guillermo Lasso, at a press conference from Guayaquil, said that all the victims of the deadly Litoral Penitentiary riot were Persons Deprived of Liberty (PPL).
The president said the events "have seriously affected the human rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PPL) and personnel of the prison security corps and members of the National Police, and in particular, their right to personal integrity".
The Ecuadorian president said additional police and military had been stationed in and outside the Litoral Penitentiary, one of the many overburdened and understaffed prisons in the country.
Police, Military carrying out search ops inside Ecuador's Guayaquil prison. Courtesy: Twitter/PolicÃa Ecuador (Ecuador National Police)
Earlier on Tuesday, inmates belonging to two rival drug gangs equipped with firearms, grenades and sharp weapons engaged in a clash with each other at the prison.
#ACTUALIZACIÓN | Hasta ahora, 116 PPL fallecidos y 78 heridos, además de 2 policías, dejan los enfrentamientos de ayer y hoy en la Penitenciaría del Litoral de #Guayaquil. #FiscalíaEc y @PoliciaEcuador continúan levantando indicios en el centro carcelario. #FiscalíaContraElDelito pic.twitter.com/ZFTU4rQ83F
— Fiscalía Ecuador (@FiscaliaEcuador) September 30, 2021
Ecuador's prison service stated that police, prison guards and military had launched a joint operation, and took nearly five hours to regain control of the regional prison.
Related article: 29 inmates killed, 42 injured in Ecuador prison riot: Officials
Ecuador Police said that during the intervention and search operation inside the jail, cops had seized many firearms, hundreds of ammunition, a large number of sharp bladed weapons, drugs and several other prohibited items.
URGENTE🚨#CmdtGralPolicía #GralTannyaVarela:
— Policía Ecuador (@PoliciaEcuador) September 30, 2021
ðŸ“Alrededor de 400 servidores policiales realizan un operativo de intervención y requisa en el interior del #CPLGuayas No. 1, con el fin de mantener el orden y garantizar la seguridad en el centro carcelario
Operativo en desarrollo pic.twitter.com/NiQHjQkeO3
The Ecuador Prosecutor's Office said it had begun an investigation into one of the deadliest prison clashes in the history of the South American country.
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