The transfer comes after the Ecuadorian prosecutor’s workplace requested the federal government to take “pressing measures” to handle the scenario, in keeping with a submit on the company’s official Twitter account.
Ecuadorian police started activating safety protocols Friday evening after studies of gunshots and doable confrontations between inmates on the jail, in keeping with Guayas Governor Pablo Arosemena in an announcement posted to the official Fb web page of the Guayas Province authorities.
The lethal clashes seem like an occasion of gang violence, in keeping with the governor, who stated inmates “not solely used weapons and detonations, however they tried to suffocate [other prisoners], burned mattresses, and extra.”
Ecuador’s jail system has been beneath a state of emergency since September’s lethal clashes. Greater than 300 inmates have been killed in jail violence this yr, in keeping with figures from Ecuador’s jail service SNAI.
