A group of uniformed men climbed to the roof of one of the pavilions and thus observed what was happening inside.
Babahoyo
A rain of stones alerted the citizens living in the surroundings of the Babahoyo prison in Los Ríos. Later, a police and military picket line arrived at the site to control the incident that began at 10:00 this Thursday.
Later, a group of uniformed men climbed to the roof of one of the pavilions to observe what was happening inside.
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Stones and even bottles were thrown from the men’s prison without causing harm to third parties.
A section of the street where the jail is located was closed with fences to prevent the relatives of the inmates from approaching the place.
An ambulance from the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), firefighters with the motor pumps also arrived at the site and entered the jail to control an outbreak of fire that some prisoners had allegedly generated with the burning of a mattress.
The manager of the Babahoyo Fire Department said that the situation was controlled and that the Police are doing their job, and that so far there are no injuries, so they withdrew and only left a motor pump to act immediately in case of presenting themselves. more incidents.
The Police have not ruled so far about the situation in the detention center, while the relatives await some response from the director of the prison, since they have not done so, so there is no an official version of the causes for which the incidents were generated.
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According to some relatives of the inmates, the revolt is generated as a measure of protest, since supposedly it has been arranged not to allow the entry of food by the relatives of the inmates, as well as visits during these last days of December.
At the moment the situation is being controlled by the public force. (I)
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