Inmates Killed in Prison Riots

A riot and subsequent shootout between guards and prisoners at a maximum-security prison left at least four inmates dead and 24 wounded, authorities said. The violence at La Modelo prison occurred after inmates stormed the guard’s command center and stole a gun, ammunition and knives. The shootout with guards lasted three hours. Another inmate was killed and five others injured when another riot broke out in the Picalena prison in Ibague, 95 miles southwest of Bogota. Authorities had no further details. There have been more than 30 riots so far this year in the country’s badly overcrowded prisons.