Jail riots see deaths, escapes

Santo Domingo de los

Colorados – At least 44 inmates died on Monday in Ecuador’s latest grisly prison riot, the public prosecutor said, as another 100 prisoners managed to escape.

Authorities said a fight broke out between the rival Los Lobos and R7 gangs inside the Bellavista prison in Santo Domingo de los Colorados.

Police chief Fausto Salinas said 108 were missing after another 112 escaped prisoners were recaptured.

Six gang leaders were transferred from Bellavista to two maximum security prisons. –