Prison riot

Prisoner killed, dozens wounded in Myanmar jail riot: junta
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Prisoner killed, dozens wounded in Myanmar jail riot: junta

Members of the Mexican Army arrive at Cereso number 3 state prison after unknown assailants entered the prison and freed several inmates, resulting in injuries and deaths, according to local media, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 1, 2023. REUTERS /Jose Luis Gonzalez
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At least 14 dead in armed attack on prison in Mexican border city Juarez

Colombian prison. File Photo: AFP via BSS
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Forty-nine dead in prison riot in Colombia, prisons agency says

Members of the military stand guard outside the Penitenciaria del Litoral days after a deadly riot broke out at the prison, in Guayaquil, Ecuador October 01, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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Ecuador to pardon thousands after 118 die in worst-ever prison riot

Army soldiers check an ambulance driver at the Penitenciaria del Litoral jail after prisoners died and others were injured in a riot in Guayaquil, Ecuador, September 28, 2021. Picture taken September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino
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Death toll in Ecuador prison riot rises to 116, six decapitated

Firefighters arrive outside the Cotopaxi No 1 penitentiary where several inmates were killed and police officers injured during a riot, in Latacunga, Ecuador July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Alarcon
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Ecuador says at least 22 inmates die in two prison riots

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Six dead after prison riot in western Guatemala

A Nigerian flag is seen outside Nigeria Trade Office after Nigerian request to Taiwan to relocate its representative office in the African country, in Taipei, Taiwan January 12, 2017/ Reuters
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More than 1,800 prisoners escape after attack on Nigeria jail

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Haiti prison breakout leaves 25 dead as 400 escape: official

Police set up barricades outside the offices of the Forensic Medicine and Forensic Science institute after the bodies of several inmates, who died after a riot broke out at a local prison, were brought in, in Cuenca, Ecuador February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Fabiola Cedillo
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Prison riots in Ecuador leave 62 dead

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Coronavirus chronicle

Sri Lanka coronavirus prison riot leaves 8 dead, over 50 wounded

Members of the Bolivarian national guard stand outside Los Llanos penitentiary after a riot erupted inside the prison leaving dozens of dead as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues in Guanare, Venezuela May 2, 2020/ Reuters
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Venezuela prison riot death toll rises to 47

Colombian prison. File Photo: AFP via BSS
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Prison riot kills 23 in Colombia as Chile enforces virus curfew