Ecuadoran prisoners free 57 guards, police officers

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 03, 2023 12:27 am

QUITO: Inmates in six Ecuadoran prisons have released the 50 guards and seven police officers who had been taken hostage in the South American country's latest spasm of narcotics-related mayhem, the state prison institute said on Friday.

The prison guards and police 'were freed and are undergoing medical evaluation to verify their health status,' said the National Service for Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty, or SNAI, adding that all appeared to be in good health.

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