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Venezuelan forces take control of fourth gang-run prison, used as ‘extortion center’

Venezuelan security forces on Friday occupied a fourth prison that had been seized by inmates, with the gang leaders surrendering to the...

Paraguay.. Inmates free hostages at prison, end riot

Inmates at Paraguay's largest prison on Wednesday freed 22 guards they had taken hostage during a riot that has now ended after...

Ecuador extends state of emergency after prison deaths

Ecuador on Sunday extended by a month a state of emergency in place since the August assassination of presidential candidate and anti-graft...

Ecuador.. Six inmates killed in latest prison unrest Guayaquil

Six inmates were killed during a disturbance inside a Guayaquil prison, authorities said, in the latest deadly unrest to strike Ecuador's penal...

Suspects in Ecuador candidate assassination killed in prison

Six Colombian suspects in the August assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate and anti-corruption crusader Fernando Villavicencio were killed in prison on Friday,...

Manhunt for gang boss who controlled luxury jail in Venezuela

Police across South America are searching for the leader of a Venezuelan gang who escaped from the luxurious prison which he controlled,...

NGO: Gang bosses fled Venezuela prison before troops moved in

Gang leaders who ruled a prison in Venezuela that was stormed by more than 11,000 soldiers and police had fled the country...

Venezuela seizes control of gang-run prison

Venezuela said Wednesday it had seized control of a prison from the hands of a powerful gang with international reach, in a...

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