Ecuador prison clashes kill 15

At least 15 people have been killed and 20 others injured in clashes at a prison in the Ecuadorian province of Cotopaxi, Report informs, citing TASS.

According to the publication, the service dealing with sentences of adults and juvenile offenders reported that the police had already taken control of the situation in the penitentiary.

Diario Expreso writes that the clashes broke out after the murder of one of the prisoners, who is convicted under charges drug trafficking and money laundering, in the territory of the penitentiary facility.