At least 75 inmates die during Ecuador prison riots

By AFP
February 25, 2021

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador: At least 75 inmates died on Wednesday and several were injured in riots blamed on gang rivalry at three jails in Ecuador’s overcrowded prison system, authorities said. As security forces battled to regain control, distraught family members waited desperately for news outside the prison in Ecuador’s western port city of Guayaquil, where officials said 21 died.