QUITO, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Ecuador’s prison authority on Monday said 15 inmates at the Litoral prison in the city of Guayaquil were found dead between Thursday and Sunday.
The agency said the cause of death would be determined by the medical authority, and noted the inmates’ bodies did not show signs of violence.
Family members of other inmates at the Penitenciaria del Litoral have said the prison has been the site of tuberculosis outbreaks earlier this year. The government has denied those allegations.
(Reporting by Alexandra Valencia, Editing by Daina Beth Solomon)
