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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Fresh fighting between rival gangs in a Venezuelan jail left six inmates dead, raising the death toll in riots this week to 22, officials said Wednesday.
The fighting broke out before dawn Tuesday as inmates armed with knives and guns battled for control of cell blocks in Uribana Prison in the eastern city of Barquisimeto. The initial fighting left 16 inmates dead and 13 injured.
Interior Ministry official Mayerling Rojas told The Associated Press that another six died in a "settling of scores," after 25 inmates involved in the riot were transported later Tuesday to another prison in Guanare in central Portuguesa state.
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