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- ↑ Tiffany Wertheimer (10 May 2022). "Ecuador prison riot: More than 40 inmates killed". British Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ↑ "Dozens dead in latest Ecuador prison riot". Al Jazeera. 9 May 2022. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ↑ "Another riot in Ecuadorian prison leaves 13 inmates dead". Associated Press. 18 June 2022.
- ↑ Pérez, Emilien (6 October 2022). "Narcotrafic. La mort d'un baron de la drogue met le feu aux poudres dans les prisons d'Équateur". Courrier international (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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