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Alexandra Valencia

Ecuador prison death toll rises to 20, authorities regain control

Officials guard the entrance to a morgue after a deadly riot broke out at the El Turi prison, in Cuenca, Ecuador April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Fabiola Cedillo

Ecuador's government has retaken control of a prison in the city of Cuenca where 20 people were killed in a violent confrontation over the weekend, it said on Monday.

The violence at El Turi prison took place in the maximum security cell block and was the result of disputes between members of the same gang for control of the wing, the government said.

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