Clashes as Venezuelan prisoners protest over alleged mistreatment
The prisoners insisted their protest was peaceful but that security forces deployed to quell it opened fire.
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The prisoners insisted their protest was peaceful but that security forces deployed to quell it opened fire.
Inmates at Venezuela's Barinas prison staged a protest on its roof, burning mattresses and calling for the removal of the facility's director, alleging mistreatment and shootings by guards.
Prisoners in Venezuela's Barinas prison protested on the roof, burning mattresses and demanding the removal of the prison's director, accusing guards of shooting unarmed inmates and mistreatment.
Violent clashes erupted between inmates and security personnel at a prison in Barinas, Venezuela, after prisoners climbed the roof and burned mattresses to protest alleged mistreatment.
Violent clashes erupted between inmates and security personnel at a prison in Barinas, Venezuela, after prisoners climbed the roof and burned mattresses to protest alleged mistreatment.
Prisoners in Venezuela's Barinas prison protested on the roof, burning mattresses and demanding the removal of the prison's director, accusing guards of shooting unarmed inmates and mistreatment.
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