QUITO (Reuters) - At least 12 prisoners died and another 10 were injured during a gang confrontation at a prison in Ecuador, the government said on Sunday, in a new episode of prison violence in the Andean country.
Violence in Ecuadorean prisons, which the government says is related to gang disputes over drug trafficking, killed 316 people last year.
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