At Least Seven Dead in Riot at Guatemalan Maximum Security Prison
Inmates escaping from Las Gaviotas Male Juvenile Detention Centre during a riot stand on the roof of a warehouse nearby in Guatemala City, on July 3, 2017. Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images
At least seven people were shot dead and four were wounded on Sept. 30, in a prison riot in Guatemala, according to local authorities, who said they had wrested back control.
The riot spun out of a brawl among prisoners in the Pavoncito maximum security prison, said prison spokesman Rudy Esquivel.
