Family members of inmates wait outside the Cotopaxi No 1 penitentiary for news on their loved ones, in Latacunga, Ecuador October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Karen Toro
LATACUNGA, Ecuador (Reuters) - At least 15 prisoners were killed in a prison in the Ecuadorean city of Latacunga on Monday, Ecuador's SNAI prison agency said, and another 21 were injured in the latest incident of deadly jail violence in the Andean country.
The government of conservative President Guillermo Lasso attributes prison violence to fights between gangs over control of territory and drug trafficking routes.
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