Venezuelan authorities said Friday they have found the decomposing remains of three people inside the country’s biggest prison, five months after violent clashes among inmates forced its closure. “We received reports … that bones were found, human remains, and we immediately activated” an investigation, she told a news conference. The government closed the prison October 28, to end weeks of clashes between prisoners fighting for control of the facility. The prison is now being refurbished as part of a government program bring the country’s penitentiaries up to international standards, Varela said. RELATED STORIESHospital: 61 killed in Venezuela prison riotVenezuela prison battle leaves 25 dead

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 10, 2017 23:37 UTC