After riots in a Guayaquil penitentiary left 119 dead on September 28 and 62 dead on November 12, activists of the local Prison Pastoral Ministry have been warning that new rebellions, equally lethal, may happen again in the near future.
The city’s largest prison, known as Litoral (Coastal) Penitentiary, has been the stage for brutal disputes between criminal gangs, resulting in almost 200 deaths over the past few months. Some of the bodies found after the massacres had signs of extreme violence, including decapitation.
