At least 67 killed in Ecuador prison riots

By Denis Duettmann and Chiara Palazzo
Updated February 24 2021 - 10:04am, first published 7:43am
Dozens of people have been killed in coordinated prison riots in Ecuador.
Dozens of people have been killed in coordinated prison riots in Ecuador.

At least 67 people have been killed in three prison mutinies carried out by criminal organisations in Ecuador, the head of the National Service of Attention to People Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) says.