Special police units were deployed to prisons in southern Guayas Province, home to the largest city of Guayaquil, and Cotopaxi Province, south of the capital Quito, to quell the violence.
Cutubyo boolis oo si khaas ah u tababaran ayaa la geeyay jeelasha ama xabsihga koonfurta gobolka Guayas, taas oo ky taallo magaalada ugu weyn ee Guayaquil, iyo gobolka Cotopaxi, koonfurta caasimada Quito, si loo joojiyo rabshadaha.