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Venezuelan prisoners hold 22 officials hostage to protest against TB outbreak
Rory Carroll in Caracas
guardian.co.uk, <TIME datetime="2011-04-29T16:13BST" pubdate>Friday 29 April 2011 16.13 BST</TIME>
Article history
Troops in Venezuela surrounded a jail where inmateswere holding 22 hostages, including the prison director, to protest against an alleged tuberculosis outbreak.
National guard units with helmets and shields blocked access to the Rodeo II prison in Guatire, just outside the capital Caracas, as officials attempted to negotiate a peaceful end to the two-day siege.
Prisoners seized the director, Luis Aranguren, and 21 other officials on Wednesday after an inmate with tuberculosis-type symptoms was taken to another jail for medical tests.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/29/prisoners-hostage-tb-venezuela
Rory Carroll in Caracas
guardian.co.uk, <TIME datetime="2011-04-29T16:13BST" pubdate>Friday 29 April 2011 16.13 BST</TIME>
Article history
Troops in Venezuela surrounded a jail where inmateswere holding 22 hostages, including the prison director, to protest against an alleged tuberculosis outbreak.
National guard units with helmets and shields blocked access to the Rodeo II prison in Guatire, just outside the capital Caracas, as officials attempted to negotiate a peaceful end to the two-day siege.
Prisoners seized the director, Luis Aranguren, and 21 other officials on Wednesday after an inmate with tuberculosis-type symptoms was taken to another jail for medical tests.
More...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/29/prisoners-hostage-tb-venezuela