At least 10 people were killed in violence at a prison in Ecuador’s capital Quito on Friday, the prisons agency said, after authorities moved two gang leaders to a maximum security facility. Authorities have been moving prisoners considered to be gang leaders to new facilities in a bid to help reduce violence in the country’s chaotic jails. Ecuador’s prison system has faced structural problems for decades, but jail violence has soared since late 2020, killing at least 400 people and terrorizing inmates’ families.
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