The United Nations on Thursday voiced
outrage at the deaths of 68 people when a fire engulfed police holding cells in
Venezuela and urged Caracas to investigate the tragedy. "We are appalled
at the horrific deaths of at least 68 people in Venezuela after a fire swept
through a police station jail," the UN human rights office said in a
statement. Wednesday's fire in Valencia, in Carabobo State, was thought to have
been started deliberately during an attempted jailbreak. It marks one of the
worst tragedies in years in Venezuela's notoriously violent and overcrowded
prison system. More…
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