At least 26 people were injured and an undetermined number of inmates managed to escape during a riot that erupted on Tuesday in a prison in Argentina’s Chaco province, officials said. Among the injured are 19 prisoners, three police officers and four prison guards.
The riot broke out at the Penitentiary Complex 2 in the town of Saenz Pena, some 1,000 km from Buenos Aires, late Monday and degenerated into a violent clash between prisoners and guards that lasted all night and required the intervention of provincial authorities.
Chaco Government Minister Juan Manuel Pedrini confirmed to the state-run Telam news agency that prison personnel had taken control of the facility and that ‘the situation is absolutely normal’ after weapons in the hands of the prisoners were seized and several guards who had been taken hostage were rescued.
The riot broke out at the Penitentiary Complex 2 in the town of Saenz Pena, some 1,000 km from Buenos Aires, late Monday and degenerated into a violent clash between prisoners and guards that lasted all night and required the intervention of provincial authorities.
Chaco Government Minister Juan Manuel Pedrini confirmed to the state-run Telam news agency that prison personnel had taken control of the facility and that ‘the situation is absolutely normal’ after weapons in the hands of the prisoners were seized and several guards who had been taken hostage were rescued.