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This Wednesday the discovery of another body was confirmed after the riot registered this Tuesday in the Tacumbú prison, located in Asunción, Paraguay.
The country's Ministry of Justice reported that now there are seven dead inmates.
The forensic doctor Pablo Lemir reported at a press conference that the bodies of the inmates are being subjected to autopsies governed by the "Minnesota Protocol."
This, he pointed out, to determine or rule out State responsibilities, since the dead were deprived of their liberty in a state prison.
“It must be investigated whether there were traces of torture.
And it is also regulated how the autopsy is done, "said Lemir this Wednesday.
Riot in Tacambú prison, in Paraguay, leaves at least 6 dead
Forensic authorities reported that three of the bodies had been beheaded.
Although the autopsies have not yet been completed, some relevant data have emerged.
"We have seen, for example, that some of the beheadings were post-mortem," said Lemir.
The Paraguayan Ministry of Justice reported on Tuesday that a riot led by several Tacumbú prisoners had managed to control the penitentiary for about four hours, taking 18 guards hostage.
Justice Minister Cecilia Pérez went to the prison when the riot was still in progress.
And, after a meeting with the leaders, he announced to the press that the authorities had regained control.
Also that the hostages had been released.
In an interview with Radio Monumental, Pérez said that the background to the riot could have been the transfer of a dangerous criminal to another prison and an alleged escape plan that, according to her, was frustrated.
