Venezuelan inmates take to prison roof to protest shootings, abuse
Inmates said guards opened fire and wounded some as they demanded the removal of the prison director, according to videos shared by an observatory.
- On Sunday, hundreds of inmates at the Barinas Judicial Detention Center in Venezuela staged a roof protest, piling flaming mattresses to demand the removal of prison director Elvis Macuare Guerrero amid allegations of torture.
- The protest follows years of documented human rights violations at the facility, including overcrowding and limited food; families clashed with National Guard officers armed with riot shields outside the prison while attempting to intervene.
- Inmates hung banners displaying "SOS" and "They are torturing us" while reporting that guards opened fire on peaceful protesters; Yelitza Arrollo, whose son is incarcerated there, alleged guards are "beating them terribly, torturing them, pouring cold water on them."
- The Venezuelan Prison Observatory is documenting the standoff for human rights watchdogs, while Venezuelan authorities have not immediately responded to requests for comment regarding the incident.
- International scrutiny remains focused on Venezuela's penal system, which faces pressure following the government's recent passage of a law intended to release hundreds of political prisoners.
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In the city of Barinas in western Venezuela, hundreds of detainees took over a prison on Sunday. They protested against torture and demanded the dismissal of the prison director.
Venezuelan inmates take to prison roof to protest shootings, abuse
Prisoners in Venezuela's western Barinas prison staged a protest on the roof of the detention center on Sunday, piling flaming mattresses and calling for the removal of the prison's director, who they said had overseen guards as they shot unarmed prisoners.
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Hundreds of inmates revolted on Sunday in a prison complex in the city of Barinas, in western Venezuela. They protested against torture in the institution and demanded the dismissal of the prison director.
Barinas, Venezuela. Hundreds of prisoners took a prison in western Venezuela this Sunday to denounce “tortures” on the part of the prison authorities and demand the removal of the prison director, according to the AFP. The prisoners gathered on the prison roof and hung banners with messages to ask for help, several of these facts with sheets. In them they read “SOS”, “We are tortured” or “No more torture.” Some of the prisoners had their faces c…
By CNN en Español: The Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP), a non-governmental organization that defends the human rights of prisoners in Venezuela, reported on Sunday a protest by inmates at the Barinas Judicial Detention Center in the southwest of the country, over alleged mistreatment within the prison. According to the NGO, some 1,200 men and more than 100 women deprived of their liberty "declared a hunger strike" to demand respect for their…
Hundreds of prisoners took control on Sunday of a Barinas prison in western Venezuela, denouncing "tortures" and demanding the removal of the prison director.
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