Paraguay: a riot was recorded in Tacumbú prison in Asunción

After a riot in the afternoon, inmates appear to be in control of Tacumbú penitentiary. There are prison officers held by detainees and they request the appearance of the Minister of Justice.

Despite the claims of police sources who assured that the riots on Tuesday in the Tacumbú penitentiary, in the Paraguayan capital of Asunción, were under control, part of the prison appears to remain under the control of mutinous inmates, who hold penitentiaries officials. .

The detainees told reporters that no one was hurt and insisted that only officials were “arrested” so that the police would not harm us.

The detainees demanded that the Minister of Justice, Cecilia Pérez, report to the prison and give them guarantees “that we are not going to be inconvenienced” for what happened.

“We want there to be no discrimination,” some of the detainees told the media.

Outside the penitentiary, there has been a disturbance between relatives of the inmates, who are asking for information on the situation inside the prison, and riot police after some people attacked firefighters from the police who wet the branches and cardboard that said people tried to set the facade on fire. from prison.

Around 4:30 p.m. in Paraguay, riots broke out inside the prison. The detainees burned mattresses, although police sources said the fire did not have serious consequences.

(Source: color ABC)

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