The authorities stated that the identification of 41 bodies has already been achieved, of the 61 that the Police removed from the penitentiary.
After holding meetings with the leaders of the different functions of the State, President Guillermo Lasso could pronounce tomorrow on the serious situation of the entire prison system that this last weekend left a balance of 61 deceased prisoners of liberty.
In a statement published by the National Government it is detailed that the President has held meetings to outline strategies and decisive actions to address the prison situation, but it requires a meeting with the leaders of various functions of the State to address the situation in a comprehensive manner.
Tomorrow’s meeting is expected to be attended by:
• Guadalupe Llori, president of the National Assembly of Ecuador
• Iván Saquicela, president of the National Court of Justice
• Hernán Salgado, president of the Constitutional Court
• María del Carmen Maldonado, president of the Council of the Judiciary
• Sofía Almeida, president of the Council for Citizen Participation
• Diana Salazar, State Attorney General
• Iñigo Salvador, Attorney General of the State
• Carlos Riofrío, Comptroller General of the State (S)
• Jorge Cabrera, head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces
• Luis Brumel Vázquez, General Commander of the Naval Force
• Fabián Fuel Revelo, General Commander of the Land Force
• Tannya Varela, General Commander of the National Police
• Iván Correa, Secretary General of the Public Administration and Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic
• Fabián Pozo, Legal Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic
• Eduardo Bonilla, Secretary General of Communication of the Presidency of the Republic
• Alexandra Vela, Minister of Government
• Luis Hernández, Minister of National Defense
• Carlos Jijón, spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador
41 deceased identified
On Sunday’s session, the results of the actions already undertaken in the intervention at the Guayas No. 1 Center for the Deprivation of Liberty were evaluated and analyzed the next measures to be taken in the fight against violence, organized crime and drug trafficking, according to the government statement.
The authorities stated that the identification of 41 bodies has already been achieved, of the 61 that the Police removed from the penitentiary. At the moment, 25 of them have already been delivered to their families and it is expected that at the end of Sunday night another five bodies will be delivered, while actions will continue to identify the remaining corpses. The names of the deceased will be released once all the families make the match.
Technical team of the National Service for Comprehensive Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) attends information desks in the first security filter of CPL Guayas No. 1 for relatives. (I)
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