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Agence France-Presse

Four people were wounded and police were shot at on Saturday in a new clash between prisoners at the Ecuadorean prison where 118 people were killed just days earlier in the country’s deadliest inmate riot.
Police commander Tannya Varela said there was a shoot-out between inmates at the prison in Guayaquil.
Officers neutralised the confrontation and maintained control of the prison, the police force said.
Elite police teams entered the facility, supported by soldiers and a military tank, according to video released by the force.
Two rifles, three pistols, ammunition and mobile phones were seized in the prison, police said.
The jail has space for 5,300 inmates, but it houses 8,500 – 60 per cent more than capacity.

On Tuesday, at least 118 inmates were killed, six of them beheaded, as rival gangs armed with guns and grenades went to war at the prison.
Another 86 wounded were wounded, six critically, according to Ecuador’s prisons authority.
It was the latest in a string of bloody clashes in Ecuador’s broken prison system, with 237 inmates killed so far this year – up from 103 in 2020.
Ecuador on Friday deployed thousands of police and soldiers to secure its prisons, in an attempt to prevent further clashes.
The prison system has 65 facilities designed for about 30,000 inmates but that house 39,000. The country has about 1,500 guards – a shortfall of about 3,000, according to experts.


At a neighbouring prison on Saturday, inmates climbed up to the rooftops to wave white clothing and display signs calling for peace.
The inmates held up signs that read “We want peace” and “The law is killing us”.
They have asked not to be transferred to other prisons because “there are no problems” in their current institution.
Authorities are planning to relocate some of the Guayaquil prisoners after the riot, as relatives of the inmates continue to gather outside the complex, begging for information about their family members.
So far, 101 bodies have been identified, 44 of which have been given to their families, police said.


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Police are seen walking out of a prison in Ecuador, days after the country's worst-ever riots broke out. Photo: Reuters

Inmates of the Regional de Guayaquil prison hold banners reading "(Police commander) Tania Varela, calm down" after unrest was reported since the country's worst-ever riots broke out a few days ago at the Penitenciaria del Litoral, in Guayaquil, Ecuador October 2, 2021. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino

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Members of the military stand guard outside the Penitenciaria del Litoral in Guayaquil, Ecuador on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

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The restored order came after a massive security operation at the prison. Photo: AFP

TOPSHOT - Inmates are seen on top of the prison roof during a riot at the Guayaquil Regional prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador on September 28, 2021. - A new riot in a prison in Ecuador left 24 prisoners dead and 48 wounded on Tuesday, aggravating the prison situation due to clashes between gangs linked to drug trafficking that have already left some 120 detainees dead so far this year. (Photo by Fernando Mendez / AFP)

Soldiers are deployed outside the Guayas 1 prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on September 30, 2021. - The death toll from bloody clashes between rival gangs in an Ecuador prison reached 116, with nearly 80 more wounded, President Guillermo Lasso said Wednesday, as soldiers surrounded the facility -- one of the country's many overburdened and understaffed jails. Inmates went to war armed with guns and grenades on Tuesday at the Guayaquil prison complex: a clash between prisoners believed to be linked to Mexican drug gangs -- mainly the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels. (Photo by Fernando Mendez / AFP)

At least 116 dead in Ecuador prison gang clash, some beheaded

A relative of an inmate awaits news outside the prison. Photo: AP

(210929) -- GUAYAQUIL, Sept. 29, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2021 shows a firearm seized by policemen at the prison where riots broke out in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At least 24 inmates were killed and another 48 were injured in clashes Tuesday at the Litoral Penitentiary located in the coastal city of Guayaquil, in southwestern Ecuador, authorities and the National Police said. (Polic¨ªa Nacional de Ecuador/Handout via Xinhua)

(210929) -- GUAYAQUIL, Sept. 29, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Policemen search the cells at the prison where riots broke out in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sept. 28, 2021. At least 24 inmates were killed and another 48 were injured in clashes Tuesday at the Litoral Penitentiary located in the coastal city of Guayaquil, in southwestern Ecuador, authorities and the National Police said. (Polic¨ªa Nacional de Ecuador/Handout via Xinhua)

At least 75 inmates dead in Ecuador prison riots

Tear gas rises from parts of Turi jail where an inmate riot broke out in Cuenca, Ecuador on Tuesday. Photo: AP

Prisoners' relatives gather outside Turi jail where an inmate riot broke out in Cuenca, Ecuador, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Deadly riots broke out in prisons in three cities across the country due to fights between rival gangs, according to police. (Boris Romoleroux/API via AP)

epaselect epa09032559 Military cordon off the Zonal 8 Deprivation of Liberty Center as relatives of the inmates await information, during a riot, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 23 February 2021. More than 50 inmates died in a series of riots that occurred in three prisons in various cities in Ecuador, the National Police confirmed. 'Given the events that occurred today in the Social Rehabilitation Centers of Guayas, Azuay, and Cotopaxi, the Ecuadorian Police are managing their control. At the moment, Criminalistics reports more than 50 PPL (persons deprived of liberty ) deceased,' they said. EPA-EFE/Marcos Pin

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Elite police teams entered the facility, supported by soldiers and a military tank, after four people were wounded in a shoot-out between inmates
On Tuesday, at least 118 were killed, six of them beheaded, as rival gangs armed with guns and grenades went to war at the prison



Elite police teams entered the facility, supported by soldiers and a military tank, after four people were wounded in a shoot-out between inmates.


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