In the Mass Escape at La Joyita Prison Two Dead and Several Injured as Confirmed by the Minister of the Interior
Minister of the Interior, Dinoska Montalvo pictured below. Montalvo explained that the deaths occurred in the pavilions before the police intervened.
A prison relocation operation at La Joyita triggered riots, vandalism, and a mass escape that forced the deployment of ground and air forces in East Panama. The number of inmates killed has risen to two, with multiple injuries and the destruction of various areas of the prison, as a preliminary toll of the mass escape staged this Monday at the La Joyita Penitentiary Center, reported the Minister of Government Dinoska Montalvo. “The two people who have died at this time unfortunately left the pavilions before the police had even entered,” the minister explained.
Following a Mass Escape at La Joyita Prison, More than 80 Inmates have been Recaptured
A mass escape of inmates occurred on the afternoon of Monday, June 1, at the La Joyita penitentiary, an event that prompted a large deployment of police and security units in different sectors of the country. Later, the Minister of Government, Dinoska Montalvo pictured below, confirmed that there were two deceased inmates.
The escape occurred during a process of redistributing inmates at the prison.
