负责监狱事务的政府机构表示，周四，厄瓜多尔安第斯省份科托帕希和皮钦查的两起不同监狱骚乱中，有8名囚犯丧生。
Eight inmates were killed on Thursday in two separate prison riots in Ecuador’s Andean provinces of Cotopaxi and Pichincha, according to a government authority responsible for prisons.
负责关押成年人和违法青少年的国家综合管理服务局（SNAI）在美国社交媒体公司X上发布的一份声明中表示，有4名囚犯在拉塔昆加的一所监狱中死亡，另有4人在基多El Inca监狱遇害。该机构表示，事件中还有10人受伤，目前正在接受医疗救治。
In a statement shared on US social media company X, the National Service for Comprehensive Care for Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) said four inmates died at a prison in Latacunga, while four others were killed at the El Inca prison in Quito. The authority said 10 others were injured in the incidents and are currently receiving medical treatment.
该机构还补充说，当局已经确定了涉嫌参与骚乱人员的身份，并计划将他们转移至位于沿海圣埃伦娜省的最高安全级别监狱El Encuentro。
Authorities have identified those allegedly involved in the riots and plan to transfer them to El Encuentro, a maximum-security prison in the coastal province of Santa Elena, the agency added.
监狱管理局还表示，执法人员正在受影响的设施内开展行动以恢复秩序。
The prison authority also said law enforcers are carrying out operations at the affected facilities to restore order.
厄瓜多尔的监狱已成为暴力的主要爆发点，自2021年以来的一系列大屠杀中，敌对犯罪帮派之间的致命冲突已夺去数十人的生命。
Prisons in Ecuador have become major flashpoints of violence, with deadly clashes between rival criminal gangs claiming dozens of lives in a series of massacres since 2021.