Until the last report from the authorities, at 7:40 p.m. on Sunday, it rose to 20 the number of deceased inmates that have left the riots in the prison of Turi, located in Cuenca. This is a new tragic episode of clashes in that prison, similar to those that already occurred last year.
This situation, which also left ten wounded; of them five seriously, it is the first large of this 2022 in the country’s prisons. President Guillermo Lasso, precisely, highlighted a few days ago that since the beginning of the year eight inmates had died in prison, compared to 83 in the same period the previous year.
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Among the 20 fatalities reported by the Government there were at least five mutilated bodies, according to Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo, who acknowledged that in the confrontation the prisoners used “war material” how regardingusiles, in addition to other firearms and sharp elements that were in his power.
UPDATE #Turi | 20 deceased have been transferred to the Cuenca Forensic Center. We ask citizens to stay informed through official channels. pic.twitter.com/WYwQkDXfYW
– Communication Ecuador (@ComunicacionEc) April 4, 2022
According to the official, the clashes -which began yesterday morning- took place because “There is an organization that wants to have absolute power within the center and there are some cells that have rebelled once morest them.”
The authorities have adopted measures to prevent people who belong to the same organizations and are in other prisons in the country “can raise this issue in other places”, he added.
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According to the prison service report, no escapees were recorded, while 90 prisoners were evacuated, including the ten wounded, who were treated by the Ministry of Health.
The violence of the clashes might be seen during the night from outside the prison, where there were detonations and shots captured by recordings broadcast on social networks.
To regain control, a contingent of 800 police and 200 militaryand for the first time the Police will access the high-security pavilion of this prison where the confrontations began to carry out a meticulous search that allows the seizure of the weapons held by the inmates.
“The registration and relocation of the ppl will be carried out in a technical way, to deliver the rehabilitation center of #Turi in better condition and clean of weapons. The goal is to prevent these events from happening once more”, added the Minister of the Interior, @CarrilloRosero. pic.twitter.com/BR5WKZuLOq
– Ecuadorian Ministry of Government (@MinGobiernoEc) April 3, 2022
Minister Carrillo assured that the administration of Guillermo Lasso “puts all its efforts to prevent those who despise life from continuing to incite war in prisons.”
“We work so that those deprived of liberty can live together in peace in social rehabilitation centers (…) The system of checks and balances must coincide in the legal reforms. We need forceful provisions for those who carry out these violent acts. They are identified and must lose all kinds of prison benefits”
Minister of the Interior, Patricio Carillo.
He added that: “We are going to clean the Augean stable that the prison system has become. The national government will do everything necessary to achieve this. Ecuador no longer supports irrationality and violence.
With EFE data
