A battle between gangs in a prison killed at least 116 people and injured 80 in what authorities are calling the worst penitentiary massacre in Ecuador’s history.
At least five dead were reported beheaded, officials said Wednesday.President Guillermo Lasso decreed a state of emergency in Ecuador’s prison system, allowing the government to deploy the police and soldiers to penitentiaries among other powers.
Authorities attributed Tuesday’s bloodshed at the Litoral penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil to gangs linked to international drug cartels fighting for control of the lockup.
How a bloody riot and massive prison break brought down Oakalla, B.C.’s most notorious jail Lasso, visibly affected, said at a news conference that what.