Ecuador prison staff being held hostage by inmates released: Officials

Ecuador prison staff being held hostage by inmates released, according to officials.

All of the Ecuador prison guards and administrative employees who were being held by inmates were released, the country’s prison agency said Saturday night.

As nationwide civil unrest unfolded in Ecuador, a total of 178 employees were taken hostage on Monday in at least five different prisons, according to the SNAI prisons agency.

According to SNAI, one prison guard had been killed in the El Oro prison.

The guards and staffers were being held by inmates in detention facilities in Azuay, Cañar, Tungurahua, Cotopaxi and Napo, the Interior Ministry said.