Ovp Denounces Official Silence After Riot in Yare Iii that Left at Least Five Dead

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The Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons (OVP) denounced the lack of official information on the events that occurred in the Yare III Prison Center in Miranda State, where, according to the organization, at least five deaths and several injuries were reported after a riot on 20 April. Almost a week after the incident, the NGO said that the Ministry of Prison Service has not provided details on the situation of the injured inmates or on possible tra…

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Five days after the alleged riot in the Yare III Prison Centre, the Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons (OVP) denounced that the Minister of Prison Service, Julio García Zerpa, still has no face, that there is no official list of wounded or transferred prisoners, and that some relatives have only received calls from the prison requesting antibiotics and medicines to attend to the wounds of their loved ones. The organization demanded the separation…