Ecuador.. 13 prisoners killed during a prison brawl

Thirteen people were killed in an Ecuadorian prison during a brawl yesterday afternoon, according to Agence France-Presse.

The newspaper "EL Mercurio" reported that a quarrel broke out between the prison inmates on Monday afternoon, forcing the prison administration to seek support from the National Police, the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Public Health to go to the scene of the accident.

Shortly afterwards, the Ecuadorean National Security Agency reported on its Twitter account that 13 inmates had died and two were injured so far.

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