Advocate: Shootout in Venezuelan prison kills 11
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Human rights advocates say 11 people died in a prison riot sparked by inmates who wrestled a gun from jailers, prompting an exchange of gunfire.
A Window on Liberty prisoner rights group reported Friday that two guards and nine inmates died Thursday in the city of Barquisimeto; 28 people were injured.
A Window to Freedom's director Carlos Nieto says jailers took back control of Fenix Penitentiary.
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It's Venezuela's second such incident of unrest in two days.
Inmates including jailed Utah man Joshua Holt mounted a protest Tuesday at a jail in the capital of Caracas.
They posted urgent messages on social media saying their lives were in danger. Nobody died.
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The top U.S. diplomat in Caracas Todd Robinson says he's pressing Venezuelan officials for information because both jails hold Americans.