Prison riots over coronavirus fears in Colombia leaves 23 dead

MONTEVIDEO, 23 March 2020, TON: Panic over the spread of the coronavirus sparked unrest in a prison in Colombia that resulted in riot killing 23 inmates on Sunday. The authorities rejected accusations by rights groups that the riots were sparked by unsanitary conditions inside a prison system that was woefully unprepared to face the pandemic.

As per the details, the Chilean Health Minister Jaime Manalic announced restrictions on movement and complete curfew in Chile on 23 March 2020. As the news spread overnight about virus in the penitentiary system, rioting started inside the crowded jail in the Colombian capital Bogota. However, Justice Minister Margarita Cabello described the violence as an attempted mass breakout, part of what she said was a coordinated plan with inmates who caused disturbances in 13 jails across the country.

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