Armed attackers have killed three women guards outside a jail in southwestern Ecuador, while in a separate attack, two people in a small boat were gunned down, according to authorities. The massive prison complex in Ecuador’s biggest city, Guayaquil, is notorious for massacres committed by rival gangs vying for power within the penitentiary.
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