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Reports coming in that as many as 80 people have so far died during an incident in Venezuela.

It happened in the city of Valencia in the central state of Carabobo where rioting broke out in the headquarters of the police department, which also serves as a jail.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fire 🔥 in Venezuelan jail leaves more than 80 dead Relatives of deceased in the headquarters of Carabobo police department , accuse the police of throwing gasoline in the cells of the prisoners <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCWorldNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBCWorldNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCWorld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BBCWorld</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCWPress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BBCWPress</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCNews</a> <br> <a href="https://t.co/7X4UqURngY">pic.twitter.com/7X4UqURngY</a></p>— Michael Welling (@WellingMichael) <a href="https://twitter.com/WellingMichael/status/979138275184201728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote>

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When the prisoners in the overcrowded cells started to protest, police apparently threw in gasoline into their rooms to try and calm them down, killing dozens immediately. The guards then had a choice of either letting the prisoners out and start rioting with them or let them burn to death.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Over seventy people feared dead in the worst ever prison riot in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Venezuela?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Venezuela</a>. It happened inside a a police jail in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Carabobo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Carabobo</a> State. Fire. Bullets. Overcrowding. Regime in silence, probably plotting how to blame others. <a href="https://t.co/MlSWgi3bqZ">https://t.co/MlSWgi3bqZ</a></p>— digestvenezuela (@DigestVenezuela) <a href="https://twitter.com/DigestVenezuela/status/979123774904766465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote>

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According to gathered relatives who are confronting the police, the latter was chosen and some 80 people have burned to their deaths. Protesters gathering in their hundreds to confront the police forces were driven away with rubber bullets and tear gas.

Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab declared: “The State Prosecutor’s Office guarantees to deepen investigations to immediately clarify what happened in these painful events that have left dozens of Venezuelan families in mourning.”

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%C3%9ALTIMOSEGUNDO?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ÚLTIMOSEGUNDO</a>: Motín en comandancia policial en <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Valencia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Valencia</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Venezuela?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Venezuela</a>, deja al menos 78 muertos, según fuentes. <a href="https://t.co/fAF4W5xnqt">pic.twitter.com/fAF4W5xnqt</a></p>— El Mundo Al Segundo (@MundoAlSegundo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MundoAlSegundo/status/979146848433819654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2018</a></blockquote>

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One of the relatives, Ms Aida Parra, who went to bring her son food, said: "I don't know if my son is dead or alive!"

“They haven't told me anything."

Source:

http://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/venezuela/motin-en-carcel-de-valencia-venezuela-deja-68-muertos-199364