At least 47 die in Venezuela prison riot
Venezuelans resting at the Rumichaca International Bridge on the border of Colombia, in Tulcan, Ecuador, April 29. A prison riot in western Venezuela has killed at least 47 prisoners, but details vary on the cause of the riot. – EPA pic, May 3, 2020.
THE death toll from a prison riot in western Venezuela has risen to at least 47, with 75 wounded, an opposition politician and prisoners’ rights group said yesterday. “At the moment we have been able to confirm 47 dead and 75 wounded,” deputy Maria Beatriz Martinez, elected from Portuguesa state where the Los Llanos prison is located, told AFP.
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