Venezuela prison riot leaves 47 dead, 75 woundedA screenshot shows members of the National Guard deployed outside Los Llanos prison, in Guanare on May 2 after a riot. [AFP]A prison riot has left at least 47 dead and 75 wounded in western Venezuela, a country where NGOs and inmates' families regularly denounce unsanitary conditions, violence and overcrowding behind bars.The Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) rights group provided the figures for the riot, which happened Friday afternoon at the Los Llanos prison center in Guanare city. Parliamentary Deputy Maria Beatriz Martinez, who represents Portuguesa state where the prison is located, said: "At the moment we have been able to confirm 47 dead and 75 wounded." They don't transfer the food" brought by families to the inmates, Yessica Jimenez, who knows someone inside the prison, told AFP. The initial toll Friday from the riot was 17 dead and nine wounded.

Source: Standard Digital May 03, 2020 05:15 UTC