In Ecuador, South America, where there are a series of large-scale conflicts by prisoners, a new conflict has occurred in a central prison, killing 44 people so far.
According to the Ecuadorian Ministry of Interior, a large-scale conflict by members of a criminal organization in prison has killed 44 people and injured 10 in a prison in Santo Domingo, west of the capital city of Kito, on the 9th.
Also, of the prisoners who fled the prison, 112 were detained, but 108 were missing.
It is believed that a clash with a hostile organization was triggered by the transfer of a prisoner who was the leader of a criminal organization to a prison, and multiple guns and grenades were confiscated from the scene. That is.
In Ecuador last year, large-scale inmates fought in prisons in the western city of Guayaquil, killing at least 316 people in a year, according to international human rights groups.
The Ecuadorian government has put in police and troops to restore prison order, but it seems that international drug organizations with abundant financial resources are involved in the successive conflicts, and the situation continues to be unsuccessful. increase.