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| Four die in Venezuela prison riots |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 12/27/2004 |
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Four inmates died and six were injured during five riots in different prisons this weekend in Venezuela, an official said Sunday. Two inmates died and three were injured during shootings between inmates in Tocoron prison in central Aragua state on Friday morning, according to the National Prison Director Erling Rojas. Another inmate died Friday and one was wounded during an armed riot in Tocuyito penitentiary in central Carabobo state, said Rojas. One inmate died during an armed fight with other inmates in El Rodeo I jail Saturday and another was injured the same day in another shooting in nearby El Rodeo II, in central Miranda state, Rojas said. An inmate was injured during a riot in Maracaibo prison in western Venezuela Saturday, he added. Prison violence is common in Venezuela, and tends to escalate during the December holidays. Guns, knifes and drugs are often discovered on Venezuelan inmates. Rojas said authorities were pushing a reform to reduce violence in prisons. At least 247 inmates died and 536 were injured during the first 10 months of 2004, according to a report by local human rights group Venezuelan Prison Observatory Some 20,000 inmates live in 30 jails in Venezuela which were designed for only 15,000. About half of the prisoners are awaiting trials. |
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