<span style="color: #222222;">In Ecuador, at least 75 inmates have been killed in simultaneous fights in three jails. There are reports that a number of police officers were also injured.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to media reports, the military and riot police have been deployed in an effort to quell the violence which started yesterday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Some media reports say that the fights were prompted by a battle for control of the jails after a gang leader was killed in December.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">President Lenín Moreno said, reinforcements had been sent to all three prisons to restore the situation.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to the head of the Ecuadorian prison system, the three jails hold 70 per cent of the country's prisoners.</span><br />''