More than 500 people have died in prison riots in Ecuador since 2021. Photo: AP PHOTO

At least 31 inmates are dead after a day of violent rioting at a prison in southwest Ecuador.

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Twenty-seven prisoners in port town Machala, south of Guayaquil, died due to asphyxiation and "immediate death by hanging," according to a statement shared on X by the SNAI prisons agency.

There were no other details about how the prisoners died.

Earlier on Sunday, SNAI reported four deaths at the same prison in a separate incident, which was brought under control by tactical police. That riot was prompt

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