According to the preliminary report, nine inmates and an agent of the national police tactical group were killed, while 20 prisoners and 36 police and military agents were injured.
Xinhua reported citing the National Police that after an intense confrontation with inmates, police and military agents reached the cellblock of the leader of the criminal faction Armando Javier Rotela, who finally turned himself in and was transferred to the Vinas Cue military prison.
Rotela is the most dangerous Paraguayan criminal, controlled the prison, from which he directed drug trafficking and other related criminal activities both in the country and in the region.
During the operation, knives and firearms of different calibers, ammunition, homemade explosives, cell phones, and narcotics were also seized.
AMK/PR
