Venezuela sends 11,000 troops to control gang-run prison with pool and zoo

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/21/venezuela-sends-11000-troops-to-control-gang-run-prison-with-pool-and-zoo

Venezuela sends 11,000 troops to control gang-run prison with pool and zoo

The Tocoron prison served as the Tren de Aragua gang’s headquarters, where it had installed amenities such as a zoo, a pool and gambling rooms.

Published On 21 Sep 2023
21 Sep 2023

Venezuela says it has seized control of a prison from the hands of a powerful gang with an international reach in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces.

The Tocoron prison had served as the Tren de Aragua gang’s headquarters, where it had installed amenities such as a zoo, a pool and gambling rooms, according to an investigative journalist recently interviewed by the Agence France-Presse news agency.

In a statement on Wednesday, the government congratulated law enforcement officers for regaining “total control” of the prison in the northern state of Aragua, adding the operation had “dismantled a centre of conspiracy and crime”.

President Nicolas Maduro praised a “great success in the fight against criminal organisations”.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. A room with a view is a pool with a zoo?

[70sEraVet]

2. I'm having trouble understanding this article.

Perhaps the problem is that my expectations of a prison, is a place where guards have guns and are in control of unarmed inmates.
Is that not how prisons work in Venezuela?