13 Killed in Ecuador Prison Riot, Prisons Agency

13 Killed in Ecuador Prison Riot, Prisons Agency
Soldiers and policemen outside the CRS Turi prison after a riot in Cuenca, Ecuador, on April 3, 2022. Fernando Machado/AFP via Getty Images
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QUITO—Thirteen prisoners were killed at a prison in the Ecuadorean city of Santo Domingo on Monday, Ecuador’s prison agency said, the latest incident of deadly jail violence in the Andean country.

The government of President Guillermo Lasso attributes prison violence to fights between gangs over control of territory and drug trafficking routes.