11.11.2025 14:02
The lifeless bodies of 27 inmates were found in a prison in the El Oro province of Ecuador. There are considerations that the incident may have resulted from asphyxiation (suffocation due to lack of oxygen) or could be related to a confrontation.
The lifeless bodies of 27 inmates were found in a prison in the El Oro province of Ecuador, a country in South America.
According to news in the national press, the National Service for the Comprehensive Care of Persons Deprived of Liberty and Young Offenders (SNAI) confirmed the deaths of the 27 inmates and reported that the incident occurred in a prison located in the city of Machala in the province.
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE INITIATED AN INVESTIGATION
SNAI announced that the prosecutor's office has initiated an investigation to comprehensively examine the causes of the inmates' deaths.
WERE THE DEATHS CAUSED BY ASPHYXIA?
It has been claimed that the deaths occurred as a result of asphyxia (suffocation due to lack of oxygen). Due to frequent gang conflicts and incidents of violence among inmates in prisons, there are assessments suggesting that these deaths could be the result of a reckoning.