At least 50 prisoners died in mutinies that broke out Tuesday (February 23) in three prisons in Ecuador, police said.
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For the moment, the criminal police report 50 deaths among people deprived of their liberty
" during disturbances in three prisons in Gayaquil (southwest), Cuenca (south) and Latacunga (south), police said on Twitter .