The escape occurred almost a week after that of the leader of the “Los Choneros” criminal gang, José Adolfo Macías, despite there being a strong police contingent outside the Litoral Penitentiary, as confirmed Diana Falcospecial correspondent of RPP.
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At least six prisoners They escaped last night from Coastal Penitentiarythe largest and most populated prison in Ecuador, in the center of a prison crisis where there are riots in six other prisons with more than 150 officials taken hostage.
The escape occurred almost a week after that of the leader of the “Los Choneros” criminal gang, José Adolfo Macías (alias “Fito”), despite there being a strong police contingent outside the prison, as confirmed Diana Falcospecial correspondent of RPP.
Two of the six escaped prisoners were recaptured near the prison, located in the port city of Guayaquil, the government said. National Police through its official channels.
According to police reports, the leak It happened at the back of the prison, the main one in the coastal prison complex province of Guayascomposed of five prisons where around 12,000 people are detained.
After the alarm was raised around 10pm (local time), the Ecuadorian Police activated a search and capture operation, mainly concentrated in the areas surrounding the Guayas River.
This escape occurs within the framework of a series of simultaneous riots recorded in at least seven prisons in Ecuador, in which dozens of prisoners managed to escape, the majority from Riobamba prison.
Among the prisoners escaped from Riobamba is Fabricio Colón Pico, alleged leader of the “Los Lobos” criminal gang and accused of being part of a plan to attack Attorney General Diana Salazar.
Days earlier, the leader of the “Los Choneros” criminal gang had done the same in the regional prison of Guayaquil.
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Both losses As the Riots They were accompanied by a surge in shares violent attacks attributed to gangs organized crime which included explosions and car burnings, kidnappings and murders of police officers, and the assault by a group of armed men on a television station in Guayaquil.
The events occurred as President Daniel Noboa’s government was preparing to implement its plan to regain control of the country Ecuadorian prisonsmany of them internally dominated by these criminal groups, whose rivalries have resulted in the murder of over 450 prisoners since 2020 in a series of prison massacres.
The intention of the Executive is to isolate the leaders of these criminal groups until two modern prisons are built according to the “Bukele” model, with which Noboa tries to imitate the rigid prison policy of the president of El Salvador.
2024-01-13 13:00:36
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