Three people have been killed, and at least one sustained injuries in a shootout between inmates in a men's prison in the Ecuadorian province of Guayas, the Ecuadorian National Service of Integral Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI), said on Tuesday, APA reports citing Sputnik.
"Tactical units of the national police and armed forces activated security protocols and regained control after clashes between members of organized crime groups R7 and Los Lobos in Men's Detention Center №3 in Guayas... After the incident, an injured inmate was hospitalized. Three dead inmates were also found," SNAI said in a statement on Twitter.
According to local media, clashes with the use of firearms broke out at La Roca maximum security prison, where a total of 20 people were detained.
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