Some 68 inmates died and 25 were injured, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.
A group of Legal Medicine vehicles, including a truck, arrived in a caravan to the Criminalistics Laboratory around 1:00 p.m. this Saturday with bodies from the Litoral Penitentiary, the scene of a new massacre.
At that time, the screams and laments of the relatives of inmates who were waiting for information outside intensified.
Andrés Castillo was one of those waiting at the site. He said that his brother Ray Castillo (24) was serving a 10-year sentence. He had already been in that prison for three years.
‘They called my mother from Esmeraldas, a prison guide, he knew where my brother was and he knows what happened to him. He even called my mother and confirmed her death, ‘Castillo said.
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Beside him, several family members were crying uncontrollably. That was the scenario that was lived outside the morgue.
Until 2:00 p.m. this Saturday, 20 bodies had been admitted to the Criminalistics Laboratory, reported site personnel.
Pablo Arosemena, governor of Guayas, said that in the next few hours, brigades of the Technical Secretariat for Human Rights and the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES) will be activated to accompany the families of the inmates in the Police facilities Judicial of Guayas.
A list of alleged deceased began to haunt the exterior of the Guayaquil jail this Saturday morning, generating greater uncertainty among those who were waiting for information from their relatives. Immediately, some decided to advance towards the Crime Laboratory.
Victor Mero came briskly to the morgue around 12:00. Puzzled, he looked for the checkpoint of said unit to find out information about his son Alexander, who was being held in ward 2.
‘Since yesterday we have this problem. My son had communication until 10:45 (at night) with the girlfriend, ‘said Mero.
Pavilion 2 and the transitory area, scenes of the massacre in the Penitentiary
He said detonations were heard on the calls. “He said that this was the last thing,” he said through tears.
Alexander was being held for drug possession and received a three-year sentence, of which he had already served two.
In the afternoon, versions circulated that among the deceased in the transitory area they were detained for cases of corruption, for the sale of medicines in the pandemic and for insurance. (I)
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