16 Prisoners Injured In Riot
In Salvador
SAN SALVADOR - The police on Friday took
control of a prison riot, in which at least
16 prisoners were injured, El Salvador's
National Civil Police (PNC) said.
The riot occurred in the Apanteos Prison in
Santa Ana, around 60 km west of San
Salvador, the police said. Five of the
injured prisoners were taken to the national
hospital of San Juan de Dios in Santa Ana.
The PNC denied it had used guns to control
the riot, but people living near the prison
told a local radio station that they heard
shots.
The police has set up a security cordon
around the prison.
The prisons in El Salvador have a combined
accommodation capacity of 8,300 prisoners.
However, they are overcrowded, housing some
20,600 inmates, including 7,000 gang
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