Prisoners armed with rifles riot

Published Nov 30, 2015

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Guatemala City - At least six people died in an overcrowded Guatemala prison on Sunday as prisoners, some armed with AK-47 assault rifles, rioted.

Special police forces and the army were sent to take control of the prison, a spokesman for Guatemala's prisons said.

The prison, about 65km south of Guatemala's capital city, houses 3 092 prisoners but it has capacity for 600.

Guatemala awarded Mexican construction company ICA, which has been struggling under a heavy debt burden, a multi-million dollar contract to expand the prison late last year, according to official contract data.

Reuters

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