The Police and elements of the Armed Forces are mobilized to the Penitentiary to try to control the situation.
The government spokesman, Carlos Jijón, announced this Saturday afternoon that new attacks are being reported in the Litoral Penitentiary.
From the Ecu911 units, the spokesperson indicated that inmates from ward 12 are trying to enter ward 7.
“Attacks are taking place from one pavilion to another,” said the journalist.
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The Police and elements of the Armed Forces are mobilized to the Penitentiary to try to control the situation.
President Guillermo Lasso is holding a meeting at this time to analyze the events of this morning, which ended with the murder of 68 inmates.
The governor of Guayas, Pablo Arosemena; the Minister of Government, Alexandra Vela, and the Commander of the Police, Tannya Varela, left the meeting to go to the Penitentiary.
Pavilion 2 and the transitory area, scenes of the massacre in the Penitentiary
Jijón said that civil society actors have been summoned to establish a dialogue to stop what happens in prison.
Pavilion 2 and the transitory area of the Litoral Penitentiary were the scenes where the massacre was recorded on the night of Friday 12 and early in the morning of Saturday 13.
According to Tannya Varela, general commander of the Police, the clashes began at 7:00 p.m. on Friday the 12th.
The commander indicated that, of the 68 inmates killed (information updated by the Prosecutor’s Office at 1:00 p.m.), 10 belonged to pavilion 2 and the others were in the transitory area. (I)
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