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Guatemala's President declares 30-day state of emergency after prison riot
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Authorities were responding to unrest in three prisons where inmates took dozens of guards and staff hostage in protest of restrictions on privileges for gang leaders, including Aldo Duppie, a powerful Barrio 18 figure.
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Mexico: 7 killed, 11 injured in prison riot
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
International media have reported a deadly riot at the Tuxpan prison in Veracruz state, Mexico, that resulted in the deaths of at least seven inmates and left eleven others injured.
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Death toll rises to 53 in Colombian prison fire
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of inmates who died after a fire broke out on Tuesday during a prison riot in the Colombian town of Tulua rose to 53, local health authorities said Friday.
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51 killed, 24 injured in Colombian prison riot fire
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], June 29 (ANI): At least 51 prisoners were killed and 24, including an unspecified number of guards were injured on Tuesday in a blaze at a prison in the western Colombian city of Tolua, after inmates rioted and set fire to mattresses.
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At least 49 dead in prison riot in Colombia, says prison agency
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 49 inmates died and 30 were injured after a fire broke out during an overnight riot in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the country's prison agency said on Tuesday.
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Eight people sentenced over 'rioting' in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 6 (ANI): As many as eight people were sentenced to prison in Hong Kong on Saturday for participating in "rioting" in Tsim Sha Tsui in August 2019.
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Thai officials to relocate 600 inmates after prison riot ends in fire
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Officials will soon relocate 600 remaining prisoners from the Krabi provincial prison in the southwestern coast of Thailand, after a riot over COVID-19 safety measures at the facility ended in fire, media reported Saturday.
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Sir Lanka Minister appoints five-member committee to probe prison riot
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Justice Minister Ali Sabry on Monday appointed a special five-member committee to probe the unrest which erupted in a maximum-security prison near Colombo.
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8 inmates killed, 50 others inmates and two prison officers injured in Mah
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 30 (ANI): At least eight inmates were killed and 50 other inmates and two prison officials were injured when unrest erupted at the Mahara prison here, said Colombo Page citing police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana.
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Eight killed in prison riot in Afghanistan's Herat
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 29 (ANI): At least eight prisoners were killed and 12 were injured in the Herat Prison riot that started on Wednesday evening, health officials said on Thursday.
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Philippines: 2 inmates killed, 34 injured during a prison riot
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Sep 29 (ANI): At least two prison inmates were killed and 34 others suffered injuries during a riot which broke out in an overcrowded jail in the Philippines capital on Sunday, the police have said.
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Prison riots in Brazil leave 52 inmates dead
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], July 30 (ANI): At least 52 prisoners were killed by other inmates during clashes between organised crime groups at the Altamira prison in northeastern Brazil on Monday, authorities said.
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