The Government of Ecuador is secretly creating a database of genetic profiles of prisoners. Officials say the information will help identify them in the event of a murder.
The information can be used to implicate them in crimes that they committed in the past or that they will perpetrate in the future. In recent weeks, experts have received instructions on how to perform an oral swab. Only four of the 4,346 inmates have refused to undergo the test. The Government has also announced the creation of two new prisons.