Acarigua prison riot

When

24 May 2019

Kind

Riot

Deaths

29

Coordinates

9.57° N, 69.20° W

Description

Venezuelan prison riot

2019 prison riot in Acarigua, Venezuela

A group of inmates were involved in a prison riot on 24 May 2019 in the police station cellblocks in Acarigua, Portuguesa state, Venezuela. The riot allegedly began when inmate Wilfredo Ramos was killed following ten days of protests against the denial of visits by relatives.

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• Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A prison riot in Acarigua, Venezuela, leaves 29 prisoners dead and 19 guards injured”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Venezuela, Motín de Acarigua, iniciada después de que Wilfredo Ramos fuera asesinado luego de diez días de protestas para pedir visitas familiares”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page