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Ecuador: over 30 incarcerated people killed in three days, the country’s prisons implode

The Ecuadorian Penitentiary Service reported that rival incarcerated people killed at least 17 people during a predawn assault on September 25 at the Esmeraldas prison near the Colombian border.

Source: The Rio Times (26/09/2025)