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Dozens of inmates on the run after deadly Ecuador prison riot

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More than 100 inmates escaped Monday after a prison riot in Ecuador that claimed the lives of 43 others, a senior police official said.

A total of 108 were missing after another 112 escaped prisoners were recaptured after the outbreak at the Bellavista jail in the city of Santo Domingo, police chief Fausto Salinas told reporters.

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