Venezuela Prison Fire

Anguished relatives of some 68 people killed in a riot and fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station demanded explanations on Thursday while rights groups and opposition politicians blamed leftist President Nicolas Maduro for overcrowding in the country's notoriously violent jails.

A fire at a prison in northern Venezuela has killed 17 people and injured another 11, prosecutors said on Monday.

Anguished relatives of some 68 people killed in a riot and fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station demanded explanations on Thursday while rights groups and opposition politicians blamed leftist President Nicolas Maduro for overcrowding in the country's notoriously violent jails.

A fire at a prison in northern Venezuela has killed 17 people and injured another 11, prosecutors said on Monday.