Ecuador: Inmates" relatives slam conditions in wake of deadly Guayaquil prison riots

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Relatives of prisoners complained about the conditions in Guayaquil City’s prison on Thursday, in the aftermath of deadly riots at the facility that left at least 116 inmates dead.
Hundreds of police officers and soldiers were deployed to the prison, where violence broke out on Tuesday, to restore order, after President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency on Wednesday.
Over the week, at least 116 people were killed and more than 80, including two officers, were injured in confrontations between rival gangs. Six inmates were beheaded and others killed with firearms and grenades, according to police.
Authorities have blamed fighting between rival gangs over drug trafficking for the violence in the country’s overcrowded prisons, where corruption is also widespread.

SOT, Rosa Rueda, Prisoner’s relative (Spanish): “They are beheading the prisoners, they are stabbing them, there are many different gangs, although all the police know about it, they let the prisoners die. “

SOT, Rosa Rueda, Prisoner’s relative (Spanish): “[There is] control of the relatives, but inside the prison there is no control. Because there is a knife, there is a weapon, there are worse things than here outside.”

SOT, Martha Triana, Prisoner’s relative (Spanish): “This has been going on for more than two years, and this justice system does nothing to put an end to this, the killed and wounded then become numbers, so what do we, the relatives, have to do, they are not dogs, they have their family, we are their family, I haven’t seen my son for three years, three years I come to see him at least once because he has no one here.”
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