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More than 100 inmates have escaped after riots at an overcrowded prison in Ecuador, where at least 43 people have lost their lives, according to officials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A total of 108 people were missing even after the retrieval of 112 escaped prisoners at the Bellavista prison in Santo Domingo, said local police chief Fausto Salinas.<\/p>\n
The riots began Monday afternoon in the Ecuadorian city jail, in the latest episode of violence that is rocking the South American country.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the riots erupted after a court order transferred a gang member to Santo Domingo jail, which may have caused panic among other inmates.<\/p>\n
Venice authorities said 43 people had died, most of whom had been stabbed.<\/p>\n
The riots were the latest incident of violence in Ecuadorian prisons that the government says are linked to the fight between territorial trafficking gangs and trafficking routes.<\/p>\n
Last year 316 prisoners lost their lives in riots in various Ecuadorian prisons.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the situation in Bellavista prison has been brought under control, according to Commander Fausto Salinas, who added that a security fence was built around the perimeter after the prisoners escaped.<\/p>\n
More than 35,000 people are being held in the country’s overcrowded prisons.<\/p>\n
Conservative President Guillermo Lasso has promised to reduce prison violence through the gang peace process and political and social reforms.<\/p>\n
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