{"id":424,"date":"2025-12-23T02:05:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=424"},"modified":"2025-12-23T02:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:05:31","slug":"prison-riot-leaves-31-dead-with-27-hanged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=424","title":{"rendered":"prison riot leaves 31 dead, with 27 HANGED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"256\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"26\">Deadly Riot in Machala<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"256\">A violent prison riot in southwest Ecuador left \u201cat least 31 inmates dead,\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"256\">according to the national prisons agency, SNAI.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"256\">The unrest occurred at a facility in the coastal city of Machala and triggered an urgent investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"477\"><strong data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"284\">What Authorities Found<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"477\">SNAI said most victims died from \u201casphyxiation,\u201d while other deaths remain under review.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"477\">Officials noted forensic teams are working and conclusions will come only after evidence is examined.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"717\"><strong data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"497\">Night of Chaos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"717\">The violence began around \u201c3:00 a.m. local time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"717\">Nearby residents reported hearing \u201cgunfire, explosions, and cries for help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"717\">Elite police units later regained control; dozens of inmates and one officer were injured.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"719\" data-end=\"970\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"719\" data-end=\"735\">Wider Crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"719\" data-end=\"970\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Officials have not confirmed gang involvement, though recent prison \u201creorganization\u201d may have sparked clashes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"719\" data-end=\"970\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Since 2021, \u201cmore than 500 inmates have been killed,\u201d highlighting Ecuador\u2019s escalating prison and drug-related violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadly Riot in Machala A violent prison riot in southwest Ecuador left \u201cat least 31 inmates dead,\u201d according to the national prisons agency, SNAI. The unrest occurred at a facility in the coastal city of Machala and triggered an urgent investigation. What Authorities Found SNAI said most victims died from \u201casphyxiation,\u201d while other deaths remain&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}