2024-04-05 13:13:37
At least one person died and four were injured in the riot recorded last Wednesday in a prison in Guayaquil, Ecuadorthe same one from which a prominent criminal boss escaped.
“Until this moment (…) the reported situation is precisely this: four injured, one deceased,” said the Vice Minister of Security, Lyonel Calderón, to the television network “Teleamazonas”. without specifying whether among the victims there are members of the public force who intervened to regain control.
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“We have to wait for the complete review of the entire prison to be completed,” he added, which includes “a control of weapons, ammunition and explosives” and a balance of the results of the operation.
Calderón insisted that “the situation is completely controlled” in the Guayaquil Regional Prison, from which Adolfo ‘Fito’ Macías escapedleader of the organization “Los Choneros”, one of the main ones in the country.
His escape, detected at the beginning of January, unleashed a war between drug gangs and the State, which left twenty people dead and led the government to declare a state of emergency, extended until Apriland to militarize the prisons and the streets.
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“We have regained control of the Social Rehabilitation Center 4. “I appreciate the bravery of the security bloc that, in a professional, urgent and large-scale operation deployed by law enforcement, neutralized the revolt before a possible escalation,” said the president. Daniel Noboa via his X account on Wednesday night.
Local media confirmed shots and fire inside the Regional, one of the four prisons that make up a large prison complex in Guayaquil that has been the scene of massacres between inmates from rival groups. These clashes between prisoners have left more than 460 dead since 2021.
(With information from AFP)
We have regained control of Social Rehabilitation Center 4.
I appreciate the bravery of the security bloc that, in a professional, urgent and large-scale operation deployed by law enforcement, neutralized the revolt before a possible escalation. This is a… pic.twitter.com/LJEkeZboDK
— Daniel Noboa Azin (@DanielNoboaOk) March 28, 2024
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