Tag: Santiago Vázquez (Comcar) Correctional Facility

• Monday, June 16th 2025 - 19:52 UTC

  Four inmates killed in Uruguayan prison fire

  

  Four inmates were killed Monday in a Montevideo jailhouse riot resulting in a fire, Uruguay's Interior Ministry confirmed. The casualties at the Santiago Vázquez Prison (Formerly known as Comcar) were aged 23, 27, 34, and 47, respectively, the authorities also acknowledged. The crisis started at approximately 1 pm when a fire broke out in a cell in Module 11 of Unit 4 following a confrontation between prisoner groups in nearby cells.

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