Nishka Srinivas Veluvali-
Published On: November 14, 2021 at 14:26 IST
A Violent Gun battle between the antagonist groups that erupted inside Ecuador’s largest Prison on November 13 killed at least 68 inmates and wounded 25 others.
The Authorities claimed that it took almost the full day to recoup control at the Litoral Penitentiary, which has recently encountered the nation’s deadliest prison massacre.
This killing took place before dawn at the prison in the coastal city of Guayaquil, the latest outbreak of fighting amid the prison gangs connected to the International Drug Cartel is what the officials stated.
The firing lasted for around 8 hours and then again, new fights were reported in a part of the prison in the noon, the officials said.
The Presidential spokesperson Carlos Jijon announced after the sundown that “The situation controlled throughout the Penitentiary.”
He claimed that about 900 police officers took the control of the situation.
The Governor of Guayas province, Pablo Arosemena said, “In the Initial fighting, the inmates tried to dynamite a wall to get into Pavilion 2 to carry out the massacre. They even burned mattresses to try to drown their rivals in the smoke.”
The bloodshed came less than two months after fighting amongst gangs killed around 119 people in the prison.
President Lasso on November 13 tweeted, “The first right that we should guarantee should be Right to Life and Liberty, which isn’t possible if security forces can’t act to protect.”
He was referring to the Constitutional Court’s recent disapproval to permit the military into prison despite the State of Emergency. At present, the soldiers are said to be outside the Litoral.
Mr. Arosemena Said, “Authorities in Ecuador will deal with the Prison overcrowding by granting pardons, relocating inmates and transferring some foreign inmates back to their homelands.”
The Guayas Governor claimed that Ecuador will receive International Aid from countries such as Colombia, The United States, Israel, and Spain to tackle this issue.
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