QUITO, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Eight inmates were killed Thursday in two separate riots at prisons in the Andean provinces of Cotopaxi and Pichincha in Ecuador, the National Service for Comprehensive Care for Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) said.
According to an official statement, four inmates died at the Cotopaxi No. 1 Deprivation of Liberty Center in Latacunga, and four others at the Pichincha No. 1 Provisional Detention Center, known as El Inca prison, in Quito.
The SNAI said that 10 other people were injured and are receiving medical treatment. ■
