Ecuador has deadliest prison riots ever

Updated February 25 2021 - 12:19pm, first published 12:13pm
Ecuador will ask other South American countries for help to tackle the crisis in its prisons.
Ecuador will ask other South American countries for help to tackle the crisis in its prisons.

Ecuador has experienced its deadliest prison riots ever this week when seemingly co-ordinated fights broke out in facilities in three different cities, leaving 79 inmates dead and exposing the limited control that authorities have over people behind bars.

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