Siege

Ignacio Cuevas

24 Jul 1974 – 3 Aug 1974 · 30.72° N, 95.55° W

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When
24 Jul 1974 – 3 Aug 1974
Kind
Siege
Coordinates
30.72° N, 95.55° W
Description
prison riot in Huntsville, Texas

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1974 Huntsville Prison siege

Prison riot in Huntsville, Texas

The 1974 Huntsville Prison siege was an eleven-day prison uprising that took place from July 24 to August 3, 1974, at the Huntsville Walls Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections in Huntsville, Texas. The standoff was one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in United States history.

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