QUITO: Clashes between rival drug gangs claimed at least 10 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, police in the violence-wracked country said Thursday. Bloody fighting broke out in a prison in the troubled coastal city of Esmeraldas, near the Colombian border, where police said they found 10 dead prisoners in two cell blocks — adding to about 500 inmates massacred in the country since 2021. Images shared on social media and verified by AFP show dead men sprawled on the ground with bare, blood-stained torsos, at least two of them decapitated.

Ecuador’s prisons see another violent riot, with explosions and shootings in Machala.

QUITO: Clashes between rival drug gangs claimed at least 10 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, police in the violence-wracked country said Thursday.…

Deadly prison riot in Ecuador's Esmeraldas leaves 17 dead, part of ongoing wave of violence in country's prisons.

Almeno 17 persone sono state uccise in alcuni scontri fra gruppi criminali rivali all’interno di un carcere della provincia di Esmeraldas, in Ecuador, vicino alla frontiera con la…

This is the second deadly prison riot in Ecuador this week.

Clashes between drug gangs on Thursday claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadorian prison in days.