Venezuela inmates occupy prison roof and set fire to mattresses to protest alleged abuses

The Guardian UK Monday 25 May 2026, 06:20 UTC By Agencies 1 min read

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Inmates at Barinas prison in Venezuela staged a protest on the prison roof, setting mattresses on fire to demand the removal of the facility's director. The prisoners allege that they were shot by prison staff during the peaceful demonstration. They claim the guards and wardens were responsible for the alleged abuses.

Inmates at Barinas prison allege they were peacefully protesting when prison staff opened fire, leaving some wounded

Inmates at Venezuela’s western Barinas prison staged a protest on its roof on Sunday, piling flaming mattresses and calling for the removal of the facility’s director, who they accused of overseeing guards as they shot unarmed prisoners.

“We want justice. They are shooting us, the guards and the wardens,” a prisoner said in a video shared by the Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons, a local NGO, on X, in which a man is seen with a bullet wound in his chest.

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