It is located outside the town of Fraijanes near Guatemala City.
It is a part of the Dirección General del Sistema Penitenciario de Guatemala.
Since 1996, a society developed, with cocaine operations run by Colombian drug lords incarcerated there.
On Monday September 25, 2006, 3000 police officers and military forces overran the prison and reestablished authority.
Among those killed was Luis Zepeda, a leader of the inmates and the head of the prison government.