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Ecuador declares state of emergency in prisons
The attorney general's office says 31 inmates died in four days of clashes in a prison in Guayaquil; where nearly 3,000 heavily-armed soldiers have now entered to restore order.
The government of Ecuador has declared a state of emergency in all prisons in the country, and authorised the armed forces to take control, following a wave of violence.
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