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Human rights Regional human rights body slams Ecuador over prison deaths 23-08-2021 20:39 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemns violence in Ecuadorean prisons that has left 121 inmates dead this year.
Guayaquil At least 62 inmates dead in Ecuador prison riots 23-02-2021 21:52 At least 62 inmates died Tuesday and several were injured in riots blamed on gang rivalry at three jails in Ecuador's overcrowded prison system, authorities said.
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