Another Ecuador Prison Clash Leaves 44 Inmates Dead

Another Ecuador Prison Clash Leaves 44 Inmates Dead
Soldiers guard Bellavista Jail where a riot broke out in Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, Ecuador, on May 9, 2022. Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo
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QUITO, Ecuador—A clash between rival Ecuadorian gangs killed 44 inmates, officials said Monday, little more than a month after another prison riot resulted in 20 deaths.

Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo said at a news conference that one group of inmates left their cells to attack another inside the Bellavista lockup in Santo Domingo, some 70 kilometers (45 miles) west of Quito, the capital.