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At least six inmates and three officials of a juvenile correctional facility in Guatemala were injured on Monday after a riot led by centrally-held gang members who were trying to kill children. other inmates, said an official source. 19659002] The riots took place at the Youth Center for the Deprivation of Liberty for Men, known as Stage II in the municipality of San José Pinula, adjacent to the capital, Francisco Molina, head of the reintegration area of the Secretariat of the Social Welfare of the Presidency (SBS), responsible for the center
The official explained that the authors of the riot are 43 inmates who filled the majority of dad ( 18 years) in this correccional, members of the scary gang Barrio 18.
According to Molina, gang members beat and took three guards hostage, and among the "requirements" were that the director of the The place will deliver nine ex-band members "to take their lives".
They had also asked to take control of an area of the center without the presence of SBS officials and to "kill" 23 teenagers who, by order of the court, returned to the correctional facility , among other requests.
After several hours of tension, control of the center was "taken over 100%" says Molina.
Corrections for minors in Guatemala were the scene of riots with detainees and dead guards. In March 2017, a riot at stage II caused four deaths .
Another of the rehab centers where there are more incidents is the Men's Freedom Deprivation Center II, known as "Las Gaviotas". in the south of Guatemala City.
Gangs dedicated to extortion and hitmen are one of the main causes of the wave of violence in this country of Central America, where last year 15 people were murdered every day
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