Ecuador jail: Dozens killed in Guayaquil prison fight

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At least 30 inmates have been killed and dozens injured in a fight between rival gangs at a prison in the Ecuadorean port city of Guayaquil. A police commander said at least five inmates had been decapitated while others had been shot dead. Commander Fausto Buenaño said the prisoners had also thrown grenades. The regional governor said it took 400 police officers to regain control of the jail, which houses prisoners with links to international drug gangs. So far this year, more than 150 people have been killed in prison violence in Ecuador. In the bloodiest incident so far, 79 prisoners were killed in simultaneous fights in February.(BBC)…[+]