Ecuador riot: Police storm jail where 116 died in gang war

 

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Four hundred police officers have entered a prison in the Ecuadorean port city of Guayaquil where at least 116 inmates have been killed in a gang war.

The brutal prison fight first broke out on Tuesday and officials had said on Wednesday that the jail was back under their control.

But early on Thursday, neighbours said they had heard explosions and gunshots.

Shortly afterwards, police said it was sending 400 officers back in to "maintain order".

Ecuador's police force posted video on its Twitter account of officers moving back into the Guayas prison complex, also known as the Litoral Penitentiary

Source BBC