Four wounded in fresh inmate clash at riot-hit Ecuador prisonEcuadorian policemen on the roof of the prison in Guayaquil where clashes broke out just days after the country's deadliest inmate riot took place thereGUAYAQUIL (ECUADOR) - Four people were wounded and police were shot at on Saturday in a new clash between prisoners at the Ecuadorian prison where 118 people were killed just days earlier in the country's deadliest inmate riot. Police commander Tannya Varela said there was a shootout between inmates at the prison in Guayaquil. Another 86 wounded were wounded, six critically, according to Ecuador's prisons authority. It was the latest in a string of bloody clashes in Ecuador's broken prison system, with 237 inmates killed so far this year -- up from 103 in 2020. The prison system has 65 facilities designed for about 30,000 inmates but houses 39,000.

Source: Bangkok Post October 03, 2021 02:26 UTC