Mutiny in youth detention centre of Bogotá

Anti-riot forces used tear gas to try to contain the uproar provoked by detainees in the prison of El Redentor ". The prisoners used mattresses, stones and all kinds of makeshift projectiles against the prison guards.

The riot forced also to the intervention of firefighters to extinguish various fires kindled by the detainees.

At least 27 elements of the security forces and several prisoners were injured.

In total, 43 prisoners escaped during the riot, but 20 were quickly caught by police.

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