Ecuador mobilizes the public force after demonstrations in 4 prisons

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The National Service for Comprehensive Care for Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders of Ecuador (SNAI) reported that on Tuesday afternoon "events" and "demonstrations" were recorded in four prisons in the country located in the provinces of Esmeraldas, El Oro, Santo Domingo and Cotopaxi.

According to the SNAI, security protocols were simultaneously activated with elite groups from the Police, Armed Forces and the Penitentiary Security and Surveillance Corps to maintain order and control of the prisons.

The institution added that dialogue with the inmates was promoted in the four prisons to prevent the demonstrations from escalating.

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In a video posted on the SNAI Twitter account, its director Pablo Ramírez said that the Government of Ecuador will not allow more disturbances of order to be generated:

“In the event that there are public order demonstrations or, in turn, riots or deaths inside the social rehabilitation centers, the corresponding analyzes will immediately be carried out for the transfer of the leaders who lead any type of adverse situation in each of the centers,” Ramírez pointed out.

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• Riot in Cuenca prison in Ecuador leaves at least 20 dead and 10 injured

These new disturbances of order in four prisons in Ecuador are recorded after a bloody confrontation between inmates occurred on Sunday in the Turi prison, in the province of Azuay, in the south of the country, and which left at least 20 inmates murdered.

After this riot, the Government decided to transfer five leaders of different criminal gangs from the Turi prison in Cuenca to the La Roca prison in Guayaquil to prevent interaction with other inmates and put the lives of more inmates at risk and of prison staff.

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