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| Colombian Prison Riot Injures 19 |
| By colombiareports.com |
| Published: 02/23/2010 |
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One inmate was killed and nineteen injured on Monday when a riot broke out in a penitentiary in the south-east Colombian city of Cali. The riot took place in the early hours of Monday morning in the fourth block of the Villahermosa penitentiary, where several members of the guerrilla group FARC are detained, as well as other criminals. According to a report by Colombia's National Prison Institute, it is suspected that the conflict was the result of an ongoing power struggle between inmates, including ex-guerrillas and common criminals. Read More. |
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