LIMA, April 29 — Nine inmates were killed and scores of guards wounded when rioting broke out at a prison in Lima after two inmates died from Covid-19, authorities in Peru said yesterday. The riot broke out Monday at the city's Castro Castro prison. By nightfall, authorities said the situation...
Inmates at the Lurigancho jail gather as they demand virus testing during a protest, following a riot at the Miguel Castro Castro prison, in Lima, Peru April 28, 2020. — Reuters pic
Aside from the nine killed, 60 prison guards, five police officers and two inmates were wounded in the unrest, the National Penitentiary Institute said in a statement. Yesterday, inmates at Lurigancho — the country's largest prison located north of Lima — staged a two-hour protest demanding protection against Covid-19.
The notoriously overcrowded Lurigancho was built to house 2,500 prisoners but is currently believed to have more than 10,000.Many of the fatalities in the Castro Castro riot were apparently shot after police were called in to help guards quell the unrest. The riot's objective, according to the authorities, was to “facilitate a mass breakout.”The riot began after two inmates who contracted the novel coronavirus died on Sunday, INPE chief Gerson Villar said.
Anguished relatives gathered outside Castro Castro yesterday demanding news of their incarcerated loved ones.
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