QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador has experienced its deadliest prison riots ever this week after seemingly coordinated fights broke out in facilities in three different cities. The clashes left 79 inmates dead as of Wednesday and exposed the limited control that authorities have over people behind bars. Hundreds of police officers and military personnel converged on the prisons after the unrest began Monday night in the maximum-security wings as rival gangs fought for leadership. President Lenín Moreno has acknowledged the vicious level of violence, which was revealed by videos shared on social media showing inmates beheaded and dismembered fellow prisoners.
