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Takriban wafungwa 43 wameuawa kufuatia ghasia kati ya magenge hasimu ya Los Lobos na R7 kwenye gereza la Santo Domingo. Ecuador inapambana na wimbi la ghasia zinazohusisha magenge ya uhalifu, na hivi karibuni imeshuhudia vurugu mbaya zaidi katika historia
Mbali na vifo, Jeshi la Polisi limesema Wafunga wapatao 108 walitoroka katika ghasia hizo. Hali ya dharura imewekwa katika baadhi ya maeneo ya Nchi hiyo kutokana na ongezeko la matukio ya uhalifu
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Atleast 43 inmates have been killed in Ecuador's latest deadly prison riot, the public prosecutor has said
A fight broke out between rival gangs Los Lobos and R7 at a prison in Santo Domingo, some 80km (50miles) east of the capital Quito
Ecuador is battling a wave of gang violence, and has recently seen its most deadly prison riots in history
Parts of Ecuador are under a state of emergency because of the rising crime that has shocked the country
A total of 108 inmates escaped the prison during the riot and remain missing, the local police chief says
An additional 112 prisoners made it out before being recaptured, he added.
Scores were injured in the riot, but the exact number is still unclear
Ecuadorian newspaper El Universo reported that, according to the National Police Commander Fausto Salinas, the incident was triggered by a brawl involving the transfer of an inmate known as Anchundia into the prison. He had been one of the ringleaders who had caused a previous prison riot in April, the paper said.
Pictures from outside the prison show bloodied inmates being carried from trucks to waiting ambulances. As news of the riot spread throughout the community, many relatives gathered outside the facility, distraught and desperate for news.
President Guillermo Lasso sent his condolences to the families of those who died, and said it was the "unfortunate result of gang violence"
Ecuador's Interior Minister, Patricio Carrillo, wrote on Twitter that the government is working "to overcome the problems of the prison system, but it is complex to find quick solutions in an environment of... violence".
Source: BBC
