Chaos in Ecuador after new prison riot where powerful gang leader escaped

Inmates at the Guayaquil prison, from which a powerful gang leader known by the nickname “Fito” escaped in January, Ecuador's No. 1 public danger, have “rebelled,” the country's penitentiary agency (SNAI) said. of Latin America. A “group of persons deprived of (their) freedom” was arrested, SNAI explained via X, assuring that “control of 80%” of the prison has been successfully regained. AFP journalists, as the Athens News Agency points out, heard gunshots from this detention center, part of the giant Guayaquil 1 complex in Guayaquil (southwest), from where the leader of the country's most powerful gang, Jose Adolfo, escaped on January 7 Massia or “Fito”. It remains elusive at this stage. He was serving a 34-year sentence for participation in organized crime, drug trafficking and murder. His escape was followed by riots in several Ecuadorian prisons and an upsurge in gang violence on the streets – bombings, murders, and even an invasion by masked gunmen. […]
Source: News Beast

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