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Ecuador’s SNAI prison authority has found the bodies of seven prisoners in the same jail where violence between gangs resulted in the deaths of 119 inmates last month, it said on Saturday.
The seven bodies were found in the Penitenciaria del Litoral, located in the southern city of Guayaquil, which has become Ecuador’s most violent prison.
The riot at the end of last month also left dozens of prisoners injured.
The seven prisoners discovered dead on Saturday were found in a pavilion used for conjugal visits, the SNAI authority said in a Twitter message without elaborating.
The deaths of four other prisoners in the prison during October are also under investigation.
The SNAI will work alongside police and prosecutors as it investigates the inmates’ deaths, it said.
Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency for the country’s prisons last month to free up resources and increase control inside prisons.
Fresh clashes at Ecuador prison, days after 118 inmates killed in riot
Members of the military have also been brought in to help control prisons across the country.
Officials say gangs have alliances with transnational criminal groups and are battling over drug trafficking routes.
Since the beginning of the month Ecuador’s police have brought violence in Penitenciaria del Litoral under control, it said, adding that other prisons were also under control.


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The bodies were found in the Penitenciaria del Litoral where violence between gangs lead to the deaths of 119 inmates last month
The bodies were found in a pavilion used for conjugal visits, the SNAI authority said in a Twitter message, without elaborating



The seven bodies were found in the Penitenciaria del Litoral where violence between gangs resulted in the deaths of 119 inmates last month.
