Prison warden slain in Guatemala
July 20th, 2012 - 10:51 am ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, July 20 (IANS/EFE) The warden of a maximum-security prison that holds some of Guatemala's most dangerous criminals was gunned down on the streets of this capital, authorities said ... Read more...
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Indonesian prosecutors seek 20-year jail for prison warden
December 29th, 2011 - 9:06 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Dec 29 (IANS/AKI) In a rare late-night trial session, prosecutors demanded that a former warden at Indonesia's Alcatraz prison be sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for protecting a drug ... Read more...
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17 escape from prison in Mexican border city
May 26th, 2011 - 5:11 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 26 (IANS/EFE) Seventeen inmates tunnelled their way out of a prison in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, authorities in the northern state of Tamaulipas said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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41 Mexican guards to go on trial for jailbreak
December 29th, 2010 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 29 (IANS/EFE) A Mexican judge decided to bring to trial 41 guards, among them seven women, posted to a penitentiary in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo for ... Read more...
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41 guards arrested over Mexico prison escape
December 22nd, 2010 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 22 (IANS/EFE) Forty-one guards at a Mexican prison have been arrested in connection with the escape of 151 inmates, officials said.The prison break took place Dec 17 in Nuevo ... Read more...
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150 inmates escape from Mexico prison
December 19th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 19 (IANS/EFE) At least 151 inmates have escaped from a prison in northeastern Mexico, just across the border from the American state of Texas, officials said.The incident occurred Friday ... Read more...
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55 bodies recovered from a southern Mexican mine
June 9th, 2010 - 12:00 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
According to the Guerrero officials, 55 victims of the drug related violence were killed and their bodies were mercilessly dumped in a mine airshaft, which is located in southern Mexico.There is an ... Read more...
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40 bodies found in Mexico mass grave
June 2nd, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, June 2 (IANS/EFE) At least 40 bodies, including that of a prison warden, were found in a mass grave in Mexico's Guerrero state, the state attorney general's office said.
The body ... Read more...
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Prison warden shot dead in Guatemala
May 7th, 2010 - 6:27 am ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, May 7 (IANS/EFE) The warden of a maximum security prison in Guatemala's Santa Rosa province has been gunned down by unidentified assailants, authorities said.
Mario Rene Zuñiga, 29, who was appointed ... Read more...
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Mass food poisoning in Colombian prison
April 27th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, April 27 (IANS/EFE) At least 300 inmates of 2,600 at a Colombian prison showed symptoms of food poisoning and had to be hospitalised, officials said.
Colombian health authorities are now investigating the ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian youth, who killed mother, found dead in prison
November 16th, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 16 (IANS) A Malaysian Indian youth, who killed his mother, was found dead in his prison cell. His family has cast doubts on the police version that he committed ... Read more...
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20 killed in Mexico prison violence (Lead)
March 5th, 2009 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), March 5 (EFE) Twenty inmates were killed and six injured when a fight broke out between two rival gangs at a prison in this northern Mexican city.
Hundreds of soldiers ... Read more...
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Colombian inmate allowed to dress like a woman
January 18th, 2009 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Jan 18 (IANS) A Colombian court allowed an inmate to wear a skirt and makeup in a men's prison, acknowledging his freedom of personality, EFE has reported.The decision of the Superior ... Read more...
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Mexico prison riot kills 19 inmates
September 18th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Tijuana (Mexico), Sep 18 (IANS) At least 19 inmates have been found dead following a riot in Mexico's La Mesa state prison, Spain's EFE news agency reported Thursday.The state prosecutor's office said ... Read more...
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