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Clashes as Venezuelan prisoners protest over alleged mistreatment

BBC World Monday 25 May 2026, 11:13 UTC 1 min read
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Venezuelan prisoners staged a protest alleging mistreatment, maintaining that their demonstration was peaceful. However, security forces deployed to manage the situation reportedly opened fire on the protesters.

The prisoners insisted their protest was peaceful but that security forces deployed to quell it opened fire.
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