Forty-nine inmates have been killed and 30 injured throughout tried escape from jail in Tulua, officers say.
At the least 49 inmates have died and dozens have been injured throughout a riot in a jail within the southwestern Colombian metropolis of Tulua, in accordance with officers.
Normal Tito Castellanos, the top of the nationwide prisons company, described the in a single day incident on Tuesday as “a tragic and disastrous occasion”.
He advised the native Caracol Radio station that 30 folks have been injured.
A spokesperson for the Nationwide Penitentiary and Jail Institute confirmed the dying toll of what they described as an tried jail escape, telling AFP information company that the determine was preliminary and “could change”.
Ivan Duque, the outgoing president of Colombia who's on a go to to Portugal, mentioned the incident can be investigated.
“We remorse the occasions within the jail in Tulua, Valle del Cauca. I'm in contact with [General Tito Castellanos] and I've given directions to hold ahead investigations that enable us to make clear this horrible scenario,” Duque mentioned in a Twitter submit.
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