The unrest follows the killing of a presidential candidate.
Prisoners stand on the roof of the Turi jail where dozens of prison guards and police officers have been kidnapped by the inmates
Ecuador’s National Police reported no injuries resulting from the four explosions in Quito, the capital, and in a province that borders Peru, while interior minister Juan Zapata said none of the law enforcement officers taken hostage in six different prisons had been injured. Ecuador National Police General Pablo Ramirez, the national director of anti-drug investigations, told reporters on Thursday that police found gas cylinders, fuel, fuses and blocks of dynamite among the debris of the crime scenes in Quito, where the first vehicle to explode was a small car and the second was a pick-up truck.
He can be seen surrounded by a group of police and corrections officers and says that about 30 people are being held by the inmates.
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