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At least 13 inmates die of overdose in Venezuela after robbing prison infirmary. Natalie Thomas reports.
Guayaquil, Sep 28 (EFE).- Twenty-four inmates were killed and 49 others injured Tuesday in a clash inside a prison in the coastal city of Guayaquil, Ecuadorian authorities said.The nature of the fatal wounds indicates that firearms and explosives were involved, police district commander Fausto Buenaño said.The injured prisoners were receiving medical treatment outside on the prison grounds, he said. (Camera: MARCOS PIN). B-ROLL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE PRISON IN GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR.
Seven people were killed, including two children, with 12 more injured when 7 gunmen armed with assault rifles stormed Roosevelt Hospital in Guatemala City to free a jailed gang leader during a medical check-up on Wednesday. The gangster, identified as 29-year-old Anderson Daniel Cabrera Cifuentes, an alleged member of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 gang, was brought to the hospital by three guards for a general check-up at 8:19 AM local time. The shooting started as soon as he entered the premises.
Dozens of military and police inspect vehicles on an avenue leading to the center of Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil, after the government and drug mafias declared war on each other. The small South American country has been plunged into crisis after years of growing control by transnational cartels who use its ports to ship cocaine to the United States and Europe. IMAGES
Inmates stand on the roof of the Turi prison, in Ecuador’s southern city of Cuenca, as they hold prison guards hostage inside, while police forces gather outside the facilities. One of the country's most feared gangsters is believed to have escaped from prison on January 7 before an operation at the prison where he was serving his sentence, according to authorities. Following the escape of the head of the Los Choneros drug gang, incidents have been reported in several prisons nationwide. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).