2013 Uribana prison riot

[1] Officials on the first day of the riot faulted media for breaking news in advance that the prison would be searched by the military.

[6] As the riot continued into a second day, human rights groups faulted overcrowding and conditions in the gang-dominated prison.

[6] The riot was reportedly triggered by an announcement that, in an anti-gang measure, Venezuelan National Guard troops would be searching for weapons.

[6] Human rights groups blamed overcrowding and inhumane conditions, as well as poor execution and unnecessary force.

[6] Unnamed critics of the government noted that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights had called on president Hugo Chávez in 2007 to relieve conditions there that put visitors, inmates, and guards at risk.