It was the latest in a series of bloody clashes that have erupted inside Venezuela’s overcrowded prisons and become a major problem for President Hugo Chavez’s government."
"Prison evacuated after deadly rioting
CARACAS — Venezuela’s top prisons official said the government evacuated a prison Saturday after a deadly riot that reportedly left dozens of people dead amid a clash between National Guard soldiers and armed inmates. Penitentiary Service Minister Iris Varela said officials removed all inmates from Uribana jail in Barquisimeto on Friday (AP)."
