Sixteen killed in Venezuela Sabaneta prison violence

[Bacchus4.0]

Relatives protested outside the prison demanding human rights for prisoners



Fifteen inmates died in fights between rival gangs, Prisons Minister Iris Varela said. The other victim was killed in a separate incident.

Some of the inmates were beheaded and others dismembered, pressure group Venezuelan Prison Observatory told AFP news agency.

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About 3,700 inmates are imprisoned in Sabaneta, which was built to house 700.

Venezuela has one of the highest crime and homicide rates in Latin America and the judicial system is struggling to cope with the caseload. The prison population has been increasing with many of those incarcerated waiting for trial.

[BlueToTheBone]

1. thanks for the more bad news

you must really hate the Venezuelan government. You have never posted one positive thing. Your's must be a miserable life.

[Bacchus4.0]

2. Probably best not to post real events and pretend everything is wonderful

you must really be an idiot.

[BlueToTheBone]

3. You are a miserable person

indeed. There is more than just the horror of life. No pretense needed.

[Bacchus4.0]

6. Its the deaths that is the horror. It wouldn't be news if the prisoner's were alive n/t

n/t

[BlueToTheBone]

7. that's my question.

Do you ever find life affirming news or only death affirming. I'm not saying that the deaths of these prisoners isn't a tragedy and a horror; but that is all you ever seek out and report.

[Bacchus4.0]

8. You can check some of my posts on Colombia or Peru my friend, and Ven WAS a wonderful place

I admit it is a damn shame seeing it fall into chaos and the government does nothing but hide behind conspiracy theories. Beautiful, wonderful country, that is sadly falling into the abyss.

There are other countries in Latin America that have actual progressive governments that are actually succeeding and represent a much better example for the rest of the region without the conspiracy or anti-Americanism. Brazil, particulary under Lula, Chile under previous admin, and particularly Peru which has made extraordinary gains under two successive progressive governments. (You may hear some slam Garcia but that is simply because he was not a chavista)

Sorry, I am not miserable living in the US as some are who express their acrimony vicariously through anti-american moronic leaders in Latin America.

[BlueToTheBone]

9. Don't be sorry. I'm happy to hear you don't

believe you are miserable. Your posts only seem that way.

[Marksman_91]

10. There are too few positive things to say and too many negative things to say about the Ven. gov.

Unfortunately, that's the sad reality the Venezuelan people are living today. I suggest you take a closer look at how things have been run there lately by Maduro and the rest of his combo. If you look at it all from an objective viewpoint and put your own ideological bias aside and stopped believing for one second the dumb conspiracy theories that Nicolás likes to spew out, you wouldn't be complaining so much about Bacchus posting up only bad news from Venezuela, and you'd notice that that's pretty much most that you can find about the country anyway.

[Bacchus4.0]

11. thats the other thing but didn't want to appear even more of a downer for our friend

Nothing against the people of Ven, but what has happened there is astounding.

[Marksman_91]

12. No offense taken

It's undeniable that the current state of affairs in my country was brought upon itself by its own people, and it falls to us and us alone to get rid of the leeches that currently run it. I'm positive that the majority of the population is no longer supportive of the government not only because Chavez is gone, but also especially because Maduro has demonstrated to be the most inept, idiotic, ignorant scumbag that our country has ever had as "president".

[Niceguy1]

4. spiderman has struck again

Sigh...

[Bacchus4.0]

5. looks that way n/t

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