Overview
- Prison agency SNAI reports 27 of the victims died by asphyxiation described as “immediate death by hanging.”
- A separate armed riot earlier the same day left four inmates dead and dozens injured as elite police retook control.
- Interior Minister John Reimberg said clashes involved Los Lobos and a splinter group called Sao-Box, with Lobos accused of retaliatory asphyxiations.
- President Daniel Noboa announced the transfer of 300 high-risk inmates to the new Encuentro maximum-security facility in Santa Elena province.
- Forensic teams remain on site as investigations continue, with officials citing years of overcrowding and gang dominance that have left more than 500 inmates dead since 2021.