CNN —At least 11 “complete bodies” and dozens of body parts, including human heads, were recovered on Wednesday from a major prison in Ecuador, after days of deadly prison clashes.
The remains were collected at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where violence first erupted on Saturday.
Some of the victims appeared to have been beheaded, the National Forensic Service of Ecuador told CNN en Español Wednesday.
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has also signed a decree declaring a state of emergency across the country’s entire penitentiary system for the next 60 days.
Over the past two years, Lasso has named five different directors of the prison service, but none have proven able to reduce the violence.
Persons:
Cesar Munoz, Guillermo Lasso, Lasso
Organizations:
CNN, National Forensic Service, Wednesday, AP, Security, Twitter
Locations:
Ecuador, Litoral, Guayaquil