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At least 37 people have been killed in a prison riot in Puerto Ayacucho, the capital of Amazonas state. Prosecutors said 14 officials were also wounded in the violence and Special interior ministry forces were sent in to regain control of the jail.
Two prison-monitoring groups, A Window to Freedom and the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory, said the 37 dead were all inmates. The prison was holding 105 inmates at the time of the riot.