28 years after the bloody riot that ended with 8 deaths, dozens of horrific images and several legends. Clarín accessed unique photos and the file of the prison takeover that left 8 dead during Holy Week in 1996.
It lasted eight days – between March 30 and April 7 – and held hostage a judge, her secretary, 13 prison inmates and three members of the Jehovah's Witnesses congregation. Of the eight prisoners murdered by the mutineers, seven ended up dismembered and burned in the prison's bread oven. For the crimes that occurred during the riot, an unprecedented trial was held in the Melchor Romero maximum security prison.