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The military authorities of the neighboring country assured through a press release that there are about nine wounded, among them the director of the prison. “The disruption of public order originated when inmates broke the perimeter security bars in an attempt to escape massively,” added in the document.
Carolina Girón, official of the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory (OVP), NGO defending the rights of prisoners, He indicated that the disturbances are still continuing within the detention center.
Girón, likewise, emphasized that the reason for the riot is that “The prisoners are upset because they do not allow them to have visits”, and “They currently have neither food nor water” due to high overcrowding.
