[6] The Venezuelan NGO Una Ventana a la Libertad also reported on another theory, which suggests that the riot was started by "Olivo", an inmate prison gang leader, in response to the death of his second-in-command, who was killed by a group of various law enforcement and military officers in Biscucuy.

[4] The BBC said that, according to National Assembly deputy María Beatriz Martínez, families of the deceased have been informed that they will not receive their relatives' bodies, which will be buried in a mass grave instead.

[10] The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights also spoke of their worries about the events, and asked for the Venezuelan authorities to investigate impartially to ultimately find those responsible.

[11] Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), referred to the massacre as "another unacceptable form of torture by the dictatorship [of Venezuela]".

[11] Amnesty International directly blamed Nicolás Maduro for the deaths, and for trying to "justify the violence used, stating that it was an attempted escape by persons deprived of liberty.