00:01At least eight inmates died, and ten were injured on Thursday during riots at two prisons in Ecuador.
00:09The National Service for Comprehensive Care of Adults Deprived of Liberty said in a statement
00:14that violent incidents occurred at a pretrial detention facility in northern Quito
00:19and at a prison in La Tacunga, a city in the central Andean region.
00:24Four inmates died at each facility, while the injured received medical attention.
00:30Although the agency did not specify the causes of the riots, it said suspected perpetrators had been identified
00:37and would be transferred to a maximum security prison in the coastal province of Santa Elena.
00:43Outside the Quito prison, ambulances and forensic vehicles were stationed as relatives waited for information about inmates,
00:51with the area surrounded by military personnel.
00:54The National Service for Comprehensive Care of Adults Deprived of Liberty's
