CNN —At least 15 people have been killed and 14 injured in clashes between inmates at one of Ecuador’s largest and most notorious prisons, local authorities say. The violence broke out early Tuesday in one of the pavilions at Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, according to national prison agency SNAI. Both Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, and the prison itself are notorious for violent confrontations between rival gangs. Inmates' relatives embrace outside the Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Nov. 12, 2024, after a fight among inmates left more than a dozen dead. Litoral Penitentiary is among five facilities that make up a major prison complex in Guayaquil.

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Persons: General’s, Cesar Munoz, María Daniela Icaza, José Adolfo “ Fito ” Macías, Daniel Noboa, CNN’s Abel Alvarado, Michael Rios Organizations: CNN, AP, Security Locations: Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador’s, Ecuador