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1 week agoVenezuela prison riot leaves five inmates dead
Five inmates died during a riot at Yare III prison, prompting investigations and protests from families and advocates over prison conditions.
Authorities at a prison in Ecuador's El Oro province said that they found at least 27 individuals on Sunday afternoon who had died from asphyxiation caused by "immediate death by hanging." Asphyxiation occurs when the body is deprived of oxygen. In a statement on X, Ecuador's SNAI prison authority said they were still working to "fully clarify the facts" at the jail, which is located in southwestern Ecuador near the border to Peru.