Fifteen prisoners injured in clashes in a prison in the capital of Ecuador

Fifteen prisoners were injured in clashes recorded this Monday between inmates inside the El Inca prison, in Quito, the capital of Ecuadoras confirmed by the National Police.

Of the fifteen injured, four were transferred to health homes and eleven received medical care in the same prison, as detailed later by the National Service for Comprehensive Care for Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) of Ecuador.

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“We reiterate that the situation is under control”indicated the SNAI on its official Twitter account.

The brawl is attributed to members of the gangs known as the Lobos and the Latin King.

#Update | 15 people deprived of liberty #CPPLPichincha Male No.1 were injured, 4 were transferred to health homes, while 11 inmates received medical care inside the center. We reiterate that the situation is under control.

– SNAI Ecuador (@SNAI_Ec) April 25, 2022

After the clashes that occurred around 10:00 a.m. local time (3:00 p.m. GMT), members of the Police entered the facilities of the detention center, located in the north center of Quito, and seized 43 knives and other objects that the inmates used to attack each other. .

On the other hand, the Ecuadorian Police is investigating the early morning explosion of a vehicle outside the country’s maximum security prison, located in the coastal province of Guayaswhere the leaders of gangs that provoked confrontations in another prison in the country were recently transferred.

????#ATTENTION | Confrontation between Lobos and Latin Kings left 14 injured in the El Inca prison.
Two detainees were taken to a health home. pic.twitter.com/zQDlxLJtGN

– Revolution Channel (@CanalRevolCN) April 25, 2022

In Ecuador About 400 inmates have died in the last two years in clashes between rival organizations linked to drug trafficking that dispute internal control of the prisons and that has ramifications inside and outside the penitentiary centers, according to the authorities.

Last September, an attack was reported on the Guayaquil regional prison carried out with drones, which caused several explosions, although no victims.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has called Ecuador to increase the personnel in the prisons in charge of the security and surveillance of the centers, to recover spaces now occupied by criminal gangs and to develop a policy in which crime prevention prevails and not incarceration.

Source: Elcomercio

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