Authorities put an end to the inmates' rebellion at the Guayaquil prison in Ecuador, as it became known today. The prisoners revolted on Wednesday night, while the leader of a well-known powerful gang with the nickname “Fito”, who is considered the number 1 public danger for the region, managed to escape from the same penitentiary in January. “We have regained control,” prison president Daniel Noboa said via X early Thursday. “I thank the security forces for their bravery […]. They neutralized the insurgency before it could escalate,” he added. The stop involved “a group of persons deprived of (their) liberty”, the penitentiary agency (SNAI) explained earlier via the same social networking site. Agence France-Presse journalists heard gunshots coming from the 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 Masia, or “Fito,” escaped on January 7, who remains elusive. He was serving a 34-year sentence […]
Source: News Beast
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