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Death Squads and Prison Protests in Ecuador
About 600 prisoners of Quito's jail taped their lips shut in a hunger strike on April 12, 1993, to protest lengthy delays in legal processes. Last March, prisoners held a hunger strike for the same reasons. In the meantime, political disagreements have been keeping Ecuador's 16 high courts from resuming their regular activities. Recent attempts to depoliticize the justice system have so far been unsuccessful.
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