{"id":12027,"date":"2026-01-07T17:35:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=12027"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:35:36","slug":"prison-riot-leaves-31-dead-with-27-hanged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=12027","title":{"rendered":"prison riot leaves 31 dead, with 27 HANGED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Deadly Riot in Machala<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A violent prison riot in southwest Ecuador left \u201cat least 31 inmates dead,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>according to the national prisons agency, SNAI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unrest occurred at a facility in the coastal city of Machala and triggered an urgent investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What Authorities Found<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SNAI said most victims died from \u201casphyxiation,\u201d while other deaths remain under review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials noted forensic teams are working and conclusions will come only after evidence is examined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Night of Chaos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The violence began around \u201c3:00 a.m. local time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearby residents reported hearing \u201cgunfire, explosions, and cries for help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elite police units later regained control; dozens of inmates and one officer were injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wider Crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials have not confirmed gang involvement, though recent prison \u201creorganization\u201d may have sparked clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2021, \u201cmore than 500 inmates have been killed,\u201d highlighting Ecuador\u2019s escalating prison and drug-related violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadly Riot in Machala A violent prison riot in southwest Ecuador left \u201cat least 31 inmates dead,\u201d according to the national prisons agency, SNAI. The unrest occurred at a facility in the coastal city of Machala and triggered an urgent investigation. What Authorities Found SNAI said most victims died from \u201casphyxiation,\u201d while other deaths remain&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12029,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12027\/revisions\/12029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}