Fourteen killed in the Ecuador prison match when rival bands collide

Police claim that 13 prisoners and one prison security were killed and another 14 people were injured in clashes between rival bands at Ecuador prison.

People living near prison in the southwestern city of Machal reported that they had listened to explosions and shots in the early hours of local time on Monday.

Police chief William Cale said that during the incident had escaped an unknown number of prisoners, but so far 13 had been seized.

Deadly prison clashes and riots are not uncommon in Ecuador, with bands often targeting members of rival groups.

Police have accused members of a criminal gang calling Los Lobos Box for Monday. The band did not comment on the incident.

Preliminary reports suggest that security staff rushed to one of the wings of the prison after receiving an alarm conversation from the houses housed there.

When they arrived, the prisoners took them hostage and killed one of the guards.

According to reports, Los Lobos members then storm in a wing where their rivals were closed and attacked.

Some prisoners were able to escape through a hole in the perimeter wall caused by an explosive device they left.

It is not yet clear how explosives were smuggled in prison.

Two police officers were among the 14, CDR Calle said.

He added that security forces had regained control of prison after the deployment of 200 police officers and soldiers.

According to the Ecuadorian television station, Equavis, the residents of the match have long demanded a prison in the city center to be moved.

Ecuador struggles to redeem a wave of violence with bands, who saw him transformed from one of the most secure nations in Latin America into one of the most deadly.

The prison bands played a key role in the management of criminal enterprises at the rear bars and hit alliances with Mexican drug cartels to control the flow of cocaine from neighboring countries through Ecuador’s ports to the United States and outside.

Earlier this month, the United States identified two Ecuadorian bands – Los Lobos and Los Choneros – as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOS).

The US Department of State said in a time that “the ultimate goal of gangs is to control drug trafficking routes through Ecuador by terrorizing and applying brutal violence to the Ecuadorian people.”