Four inmates died at El Inca prison, in the north of the capital. Additionally, 10 people were injured and are receiving medical attention, the SNAI said in a statement.

While security teams were attending to this emergency, the Metropolitan Transit Agency (AMT) arranged a road closure in the vicinity of the prison, between De Las Toronjas and De las Hortensias streets, south-north direction, after 6:00 p.m.

Two riots at the Cotopaxi and El Inca prisons, north of Quito, left eight inmates dead and 10 injured, the National Service for Comprehensive Care for Prisoners (SNAI) reported this Thursday, October 22, while a prisoner classification plan is being implemented nationwide.

The SNAI indicated that those allegedly involved in the events were identified and will be transferred to the El Encuentro prison, the country's maximum security complex in the province of Santa Elena.