Surprise searches were carried out in the Piñero complex, which houses "high-profile" inmates. They occurred after the shooting attack against two Penitentiary Service buses.

At the site, a sign was found in which the aggressors demanded the relaxation of the regime for high-profile prisoners. The images showing the prisoners with their naked torsos, sitting, with their hands tied behind their backs and their heads bowed, tightly guarded, are reminiscent of the material usually released by the Bukele government.