CARACAS: At least 17 inmates were killed Friday (Saturday in Manila) in a riot at a prison in western Venezuela, military authorities reported. Inmates at the Los Llanos prison in Guanare staged “a disturbance of public order...resulting in 17 deaths and nine injuries,” according to a military report. The prison’s director was among the wounded, it said. The military gave no reason for the riot, saying inmates had attacked prison officials during an attempt to mediate with their leader, wounding the prison director in the back.
