{"id":56438,"date":"2019-12-20T21:43:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=56438"},"modified":"2019-12-22T21:48:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T21:48:04","slug":"panama-prison-gunbattle-death-toll-climbs-to-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=56438","title":{"rendered":"Panama prison gunbattle death toll climbs to 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_56439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56439\" style=\"width: 881px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\" wp-image-56439\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DS-Panama-gunbattle-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"881\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DS-Panama-gunbattle-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DS-Panama-gunbattle-696x398.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DS-Panama-gunbattle.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A police patrol car is seen outside a hospital where injured inmates were taken following a shootout among inmates at La Joyita prison, in Panama City, Panama December 17, 2019. REUTERS\/Erick Marciscano &#8211;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">International Desk: Authorities on Wednesday raised to 15 the death toll from a gunfight the previous day inside a lockup near Panama City in United States and fired top penitentiary officials amid an investigation into what touched off the country's deadliest incident of prison violence, reports AP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Panama President Laurentino Cortizo ordered the dismissal of prisons director Walter Hern\u00e1ndez and Hern\u00e1ndez's No. 2, as well as other officials responsible for police guard at La Joyita prison and another one nearby.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Interior Department added in a report that nine wounded prisoners remained hospitalized, including one in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tuesday\u2019s gunbattle took place between incarcerated members of the same gang at a cellblock housing over 500 inmates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cellphone videos that circulated on social media showed prisoners running and shooting. Police later seized various handguns and Kalashnikov rifles that had been apparently smuggled in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although gangs have less of a presence in Panama than in other Central American nations such as El Salvador and Honduras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Desk: Authorities on Wednesday raised to 15 the death toll from a gunfight the previous day inside a lockup near Panama City in United States and fired top penitentiary officials amid an investigation into what touched off the country&#8217;s deadliest incident of prison violence, reports AP. 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