Men handle a casket in the back of a pickup truck as people gather outside the judicial police station after prisoners were killed and injured at the Penitenciaria del Litoral prison, in Guayaquil, Ecuador November 14, 2021. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos
QUITO/GUAYAQUIL (Reuters) - Ecuador's government said on Sunday it was moving ahead with identifying the bodies of 68 people killed the day before during violence at the Penitenciaria del Litoral prison.
The country's prison system has come under a spotlight for overcrowding, poor living conditions for inmates, and violence the government blames on gang rivalries.
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