COLOMBIAN PRISON RIOT KILLS 3, INJURES 25
BOGOTA, May 27 (Xinhua) Three prisoners were killed and 25 others injured in a riot in La Modelo Prison in the Colombian capital Bogota, officials said Wednesday.
The inmates reacted violently, said the director. They set mattresses on fire and threw them at the guards.
The 25 injured were seriously burnt and suffered suffocation symptoms, he said.
Four guards were also injured and two of them were under observation, he added.
Barragan said the situation was put under control.