Ecuador declares prison emergency after 116 killed in riot
A woman comforts a man outside the morgue while waiting for the bodies of inmates killed in a riot at the Litoral penitentiary in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Wednesday, September 29, 2021. President Guillermo Lasso said in a press conference that the dead are so far 116. (AP Photo/Angel DeJesus)
By GABRIELA MOLINA
Associated Press
QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency in the prison system following a battle among gang members in a coastal lockup that killed at least 116 people and injured 80 in what authorities say was the worst prison bloodbath ever in the country....
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