Ecuadorian prison riot leaves 41 inmates dead, 13 injured

STORY: Ecuadorian prison riot leaves 41 inmates dead, 13 injured DATELINE: May 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: Quito CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the prison STORYLINE: A prison riot in north-central Ecuador's Pichincha province has left at least 41 inmates dead and another 13 injured, the nation's prison management agency said Monday. The National Comprehensive Care Service for Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) updated an earlier report from the Attorney General's Office that had placed the death toll at 43 in the Regional Prison in Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas. According to a statement from the SNAI, the riot broke out at 2:00 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) in the prison's maximum security wing after a leader of a criminal ring was transferred there by court order. The agency added that members of the National Police force were able to regain full control of the prison and a specialized team from the government's Human Rights Secretariat was dispatched to the city's Crime Unit