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State of emergency declared in Ecuador’s 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.
Ecuador has declared a nationwide state of emergency in its prisons following a wave of violence.
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