Ecuador Declares Prison Emergency After 116 Killed In Fighting Between rival Drug Gangs

 

Daily Mail: Death toll from Ecuador's worst ever prison massacre jumps to 116 as police reveal drug gangs fought using guns and GRENADES with at least six people beheaded 

* At least 116 people have died and 80 have been injured in Ecuador's worst-ever prison riot, president says 

* Fighting broke out between rival drugs gangs on Tuesday morning and was still ongoing Wednesday night 

* Gangsters fought with grenades, guns and knives and death toll may rise further, president announced 

* He blamed Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel - two of the country's most-notorious - for infiltrating local drugs gangs and sparking the violence 

At least 116 people have died in Ecuador's worst-ever prison riot as rival drug gangs fought for two days using guns, grenades and knives, the country's president has revealed. 

Six of those killed at Litoral prison, on the outskirts of the port city of Guayaquil, were beheaded while another 80 were injured in clashes which began Tuesday morning and continued overnight Wednesday. 

Police are still battling to regain full control over the penitentiary, President Guillermo Lasso said at a press conference at 7pm Wednesday, with some 400 officers in full riot gear deployed into the jail.  

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