Venezuela: Police raid gang-run prison with pool, nightclub and zoo
Venezuela said Wednesday it had seized control of a prison from the hands of a powerful gang with international reach, in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces.
The Tocoron prison had served as the Tren de Aragua gang’s headquarters, where it had installed amenities such as a zoo, a pool and gambling rooms, according to an investigative journalist recently interviewed by AFP.
In a statement, the government congratulated law enforcement officers for regaining “total control“ of the prison in the northern state of Aragua, adding the operation had “dismantled a center of conspiracy and crime.“
And in an official proclamation, President Nicolas Maduro praised “today’s great success in the fight against criminal organizations.“
After the government announced a complete evacuation of the jail, Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos told state broadcaster VTV that the inmates were being transferred to another facility.
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