Ecuador Prison Death Toll Rises to 20, Authorities Regain Control

Ecuador Prison Death Toll Rises to 20, Authorities Regain Control
Police and military guard the CRS Turi prison a day after a riot in Cuenca, Ecuador, on April 4, 2022. Fernando Machado/AFP via Getty Images
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QUITO—Ecuador’s government has retaken control of a prison in the city of Cuenca where 20 people were killed in a violent confrontation over the weekend, it said on Monday.

The violence at El Turi prison took place in the maximum-security cell block and was the result of disputes between members of the same gang for control of the wing, the government said.