CARACAS (Reuters) - Thirteen inmates have died after breaking into a Venezuelan jail's infirmary and ingesting medical products including antibiotics and pure alcohol in the latest outbreak of unrest in the country's turbulent prisons.
A total of 145 prisoners were intoxicated during a revolt in the David Viloria penitentiary centre in the western state of Lara on Monday, the government said on Thursday.
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