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Pandillas y hacinamiento propagan violencia en cárceles ecuatorianas, según ONG Human Rights Watch

Más de 350 detenidos murieron y decenas resultaron heridos en las siete masacres de las cárceles de Guayaquil, Latacunga, Santo Domingo y Cuenca

Security forces are seen outside the Bellavista prison, in the town of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, about 80 km from Quito, a day after 13 inmates were killed and two injured in a bloody fight between prisoners, on July 19, 2022. - Thirteen inmates were killed and two others injured on Monday in yet another bloody fight in a notorious Ecuadoran prison, law enforcement officials said. Prison officials, aided by the military and the police, were able to regain control of the facility, prison authority SNAI said. The incident took place at the same prison where 44 inmates were killed in a bloody brawl in May. (Photo by Juan Carlos Perez / AFP)
Security forces are seen outside the Bellavista prison, in the town of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, about 80 km from Quito, a day after 13 inmates were killed and two injured in a bloody fight between prisoners, on July 19, 2022. - Thirteen inmates were killed and two others injured on Monday in yet another bloody fight in a notorious Ecuadoran prison, law enforcement officials said. Prison officials, aided by the military and the police, were able to regain control of the facility, prison authority SNAI said. The incident took place at the same prison where 44 inmates were killed in a bloody brawl in May. (Photo by Juan Carlos Perez / AFP) JUAN CARLOS PEREZ

Nueva York. Las pandillas de las cárceles de Ecuador y el hacinamiento propician la violencia en los centros penitenciarios del país, que ya acabó con la vida de más de 350 detenidos desde 2021, denunció este jueves la Organización No Gubernamental (ONG) Human Rights Watch (HRW).

En un informe interactivo, la organización documenta la masacre en la cárcel de Guayaquil en noviembre del 2021, en la que murieron más de 60 detenidos. “El control de las pandillas sobre sectores de la prisión contribuyó a la masacre”, concluyó la ONG y añadió que “las autoridades no respondieron de manera adecuada ni oportuna”.

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