<p>More than 20 prisoners and a visitor have been killed in an outbreak of violence between rival gangs in a prison near the Venezuelan capital, a government minister said on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“There are more than 20 (dead) and a family member of one of the prisoners also lost their life,” Iris Varela, the minister in charge of prisons, told state television network VTV.<br /><br />Varela said the gang violence erupted on Sunday at the Yare I prison near Caracas, but had been brought under control by Monday. Non-governmental organisations that track prison violence say more than 300 inmates die every year in Venezuela’s overcrowded prisons. </p>
<p>More than 20 prisoners and a visitor have been killed in an outbreak of violence between rival gangs in a prison near the Venezuelan capital, a government minister said on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“There are more than 20 (dead) and a family member of one of the prisoners also lost their life,” Iris Varela, the minister in charge of prisons, told state television network VTV.<br /><br />Varela said the gang violence erupted on Sunday at the Yare I prison near Caracas, but had been brought under control by Monday. Non-governmental organisations that track prison violence say more than 300 inmates die every year in Venezuela’s overcrowded prisons. </p>