Death Toll From Ecuador Prison Riot Increases To 31

The Ecuadorian General Prosecutor's Office said on Wednesday that at least 31 people were killed and 14 others were injured as a result of riots that began on Saturday in a prison in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil.

On Tuesday, the prosecutor's office said that clashes at the Litoral prison in Guayaquil claimed the lives of 18 people.

"The number of deaths rises to 31 and the number of injured to 14 as a result of clashes that have taken place since Saturday at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil," the prosecutor's office said on Twitter.