Earlier this week, Guatemalan authorities took over a jail that had been run by inmates for over a decade. The prisoners built and ran an entire city inside, including pubs, restauraunts, churches, and drug labs.
Seven prisoners died when 3,000 police and soldiers firing automatic weapons stormed the Pavon prison just after dawn on Monday.
Corrupt guards would only patrol the prison's perimeter and run the administration section while an "order committee" of hardened inmates controlled the rest. They smuggled in food, drink and luxury goods. (…)
Pet dogs, including a whining puppy, roamed the deserted prison grounds after the raid. One inmate kept a spider monkey captive, national prison officials said. (…) Police seized hundreds of phones and large quantities of the chemical acetone, used in the production of cocaine.
Link (thanks, Paul)
