Bogota [Colombia], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of inmates who died after a fire broke out on Tuesday during a prison riot in the Colombian town of Tulua rose to 53, local health authorities said Friday.
A riot and a fire that broke out during a prison riot in southwestern Colombia on Tuesday, 28th June, claimed the lives of at least 49 inmates, leaving dozens more injured. Tito Castellanos, the director of the National Penitentiary and Prison Institue (INPEC), said that the tragedy occurred when the rioting convicts started a fire […]
Bogota [Colombia], June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 49 inmates died and 30 were injured after a fire broke out during an overnight riot in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the country's prison agency said on Tuesday.