(AP) CARACAS, Venezuela - More than 20 people were killed during a prison riot as two groups of inmates waged a gunbattle inside the penitentiary, Venezuelan officials said Monday. The violence ...

Venezuela's chief prosecutor reported late Wednesday that 68 people died in a fire that swept through the cell area inside a police station, which townspeople said followed a disturbance by ...

A prison riot in Venezuela has left at least 40 dead and 50 others injured, authorities said Saturday.

CARACAS, Venezuela The death toll has risen to 61 following fierce gunbattles between inmates and National Guard troops at a Venezuelan prison, a hospital director said Saturday. About 120 more ...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- The death toll has risen to 61 following fierce gunbattles between inmates and National Guard troops at a Venezuelan prison, a hospital director said Saturday. About 120 more ...

More than 40 people were reportedly killed after rioting broke out at a prison in Venezuela. Inmates at Los Llanos jail, near western Guanare city, were angry at a lack of food and water ...

URIBANA, Venezuela — Sixty-one people were reported killed and 120 injured in a prison riot in Venezuela after troops entered the complex to confiscate weapons.

Prison where riot took place has been evacuated 120 people injured and 61 killed Deadliest riot in country in nearly two centuries CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities on Sunday ...

A battle between national guard forces and prisoners at Venezuela’s Uribana prison in western Lara state has left 58 dead, prisons Minister Iris Varela said today.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Dozens of people have been killed in clashes between inmates and soldiers at a prison in the nation's northwest, local news accounts said Saturday.

Authorities in Venezuela said Wednesday that they're filing criminal charges against a prison warden and five guards following a riot that left 47 inmates dead and dozens more injured. Prison ...

At least 46 people have died in a riot at the Los Llanos Penitentiary in the Venezuelan state of Portuguesa, according to an opposition lawmaker from the area.