At Least 12 Dead in Ecuador Prison Violence

Soldiers and policemen outside the CRS Turi prison after a riot in Cuenca, Ecuador, on April 3, 2022. Fernando Machado/AFP via Getty Images

QUITO—At least 12 prisoners died and another 10 were injured during a gang confrontation at a prison in Ecuador, the government said on Sunday, in a new episode of prison violence in the Andean country.

Violence in Ecuadorean prisons, which the government says is related to gang disputes over drug trafficking, killed 316 people last year.