<p class="title">At least 12 people were killed and another 13 were injured during a shootout among inmates at a jail near Panama City on Tuesday, officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said they seized several guns in the incident at La Joyita prison, 16 miles (25 km) east of the capital, including five handguns and three long-barrelled firearms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">President Laurentino Cortizo, who took office in July, said the incident suggested jail guards helped smuggle in the weapons.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"These firearms didn't fall out of the sky, there was obviously some type of cooperation there for firearms to be brought in," he said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police official Alexis Munoz said the shooting originated from within the jail, where inmates are grouped according to gang affiliations to avoid confrontations, and that the cause was being investigated.</p>
<p class="title">At least 12 people were killed and another 13 were injured during a shootout among inmates at a jail near Panama City on Tuesday, officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said they seized several guns in the incident at La Joyita prison, 16 miles (25 km) east of the capital, including five handguns and three long-barrelled firearms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">President Laurentino Cortizo, who took office in July, said the incident suggested jail guards helped smuggle in the weapons.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"These firearms didn't fall out of the sky, there was obviously some type of cooperation there for firearms to be brought in," he said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police official Alexis Munoz said the shooting originated from within the jail, where inmates are grouped according to gang affiliations to avoid confrontations, and that the cause was being investigated.</p>