A top Sinaloa Cartel hitman linked to the rescue of Ovidio Guzman Lopez, the son of Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, was killed during a prison riot in Mexico.
Thirteen inmates died in Santo Domingo Prison in Ecuador, after a prison riot broke out on Monday. At least 13 inmates were killed while two others were injured in a prison in Ecuador, following a deadly prison riot.
A number of inmates have died with some reportedly beheaded and dismembered after a prison riot in Ecuador this week. Authorities managed to control the facilities in three cities after raids by hundreds of police officers and military personnel.
Venezuelan Prison Observatory rights group provided the latest figures of dead and wounded prisoners at Los Llanos Prison Center in Guanare City, Venezuela.
A riot exploded on Friday at a prison in central Venezuela, killing over 40 people and injuring 50 others. Injured individuals, included a National Guard officer, wounded by an explosion, and the warden, hurt by a knife wound.
Prisoners are rioting in protest of prison conditions Brazilian police are reporting that four people have been killed and many others injured in a prison riot at a facility in the southern city of Cascavel.
