Ecuador’s National Service for Comprehensive Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) reported on Saturday that 41 of his officials were releasedbut what others 136 people remain hostage in various prisons The country is occupied by gangs of prisoners linked to organized crime groups.

Moreover, he confirmed that one prison guard was killed and another was wounded following a clash Friday night between security forces and rebel prisoners at a prison in Guayaquil.

SNAI said in a statement that 24 agents of the Prison Security and Surveillance Corps (CSVP) were released, as well as 17 administrative staff.

At least six prisoners escaped from Litoral prison

Shortly before SNAI published its report this Saturday, the Armed Forces announced that, thanks to the mediation of the Catholic and Evangelical churches, 11 officials had been released from prison in the coastal province of Esmeraldas, bordering Colombia.

However, SNAI clarified that at the moment, “133 CSVP servers and three administrative employees are still detained.”

He also said that on Friday evening, law enforcement caught two prisoners trying to escape from a prison in Guayaquil, from where six prisoners had reportedly escaped.

Clashes between prisoners and guards at Machala prison

Similarly, in the prison of Machala, the capital of El Oro province bordering Peru, a clash between security forces and prisoners occurred early Saturday morning, resulting in the death of prison system agent Daniel Alejando Tinitana Gonzalez. another one is wounded.

At a prison in the Andean city of Cuenca, the presence of prisoners on rooftops was evident early Saturday morning and gunshots were heard inside, so the CSVP coordinated with police and soldiers “to restore order.” .

Also, in a prison in the Andean city of Loja in the south of the country, a prison agent who was being held hostage by prisoners managed to escape and jump over a wall to be helped by soldiers guarding outside.

Noboa donates ‘faceless guards’ to maximum security prisons

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa unveiled a design for two new maximum security prisons as part of the Phoenix Plan.

The prisons will be located in Pastaza and Santa Elena.

It includes “supermaximum”, “maximum” and “high security” modules.

They will have cellular and satellite signal suppression, as well as advanced technology electronic systems.

The government will equip the facilities with digital and analogue access and control, as well as a triple perimeter security barrier.