A fight between inmates left 15 dead and 14 injured at Ecuador's Penitentiary del Litoral, the country's largest prison, which is under the control of the military, the state prison agency said Tuesday. teleSUR
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00:00In Ecuador, authorities registered 15 dead and 14 injured during riots and clashes in
00:05Guayaquil prison, the country's largest.
00:08Citizens report that from the El Litoral Penitentiary, detentions and detonations were recorded since
00:143 a.m. local time.
00:15The National Service of Integral Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Juvenile
00:19Offenders say that security forces acted immediately to take full control of the facilities and
00:25activate a large-scale search operation.
00:28The nation, too, initiated the corresponding investigations to clarify what happened, authorities
00:33added that a contingent of military and police personnel was deployed to guarantee security
00:38and avoid further incidents.