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More than 20 killed in violent upsets in Venezuela’s overcrowded prisons

Members of the Venezuelan National Guard bar access to La Planta penitentiary in Caracas on May 17 as heavily armed inmates held out inside the prison against a decision to close it down. More than 20 prisoners and a visitor have been killed in an outbreak of violence between rival gangs in a prison near the Venezuelan capital, a government minister said Monday. (AFP Photo/Leo Ramirez)

More than 20 people were killed in the latest outbreak of violence in Venezuela’s overcrowded prisons as heavily armed gangs fought for control of a prison near Caracas, authorities said Monday. Iris Varela, the minister for prison affairs, told state-run media that the clashes erupted Sunday in the Yare I…

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