Death toll from a prison riot in western Venezuela rises to at least 47 with 75 wounded – rights group
Healthcare workers and members of the Bolivarian national police watch as an ambulance arrives with prisoners outside a hospital after a riot erupted inside a prison in Guanare, Venezuela on May 1, 2020
"At the moment we have been able to confirm 47 dead and 75 wounded," deputy Maria Beatriz Martinez, elected from Portuguesa state where the Los Llanos prison is located, told AFP.The initial toll Friday from the riot at the prison in the city of Guanare was 17 dead and nine wounded.
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