Families await remains of 37 dead in Venezuela prison clash
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Officials in Venezuela are pointing fingers at each other over who bears responsibility for clashes between inmates and security forces at a prison that left 37 people dead.
Interior Minister Nestor Reverol says authorities were forced to take action after the state governor failed to resolve a crisis at the small prison in the southern city of Puerto Ayacucho.
Amazonas Gov. Liborio Guarulla replies that the ruling socialist party has begun its campaign for the governorship with a "massacre." He tweeted a gruesome photo Thursday of bloodied bodies piled on top of each other.
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Families of the prisoners are still waiting for the dead to be identified.
It's the deadliest prison violence in Venezuela since a 2013 riot killed 61. Many of Venezuela's jails are dominated by gangs.