Pavón Prison
Pavon Prison (Granja Penal de Pavón) is a prison in Guatemala. It is located outside the town of Fraijanes near Guatemala City. It is a part of the Dirección General del Sistema Penitenciario de Guatemala.
It was built in the late-1970s and over time it became overcrowded and authorities decided to only control the perimeters of the prison and let the prisoners run the interior on their own. Since 1996, a society developed, with cocaine operations run by Colombian drug lords incarcerated there.
Authorities regain control[edit]
On Monday September 25, 2006, 3000 police officers and military forces overran the prison and reestablished authority. This led to the death of seven inmates. Among those killed was Luis Zepeda, a leader of the inmates and the head of the prison government.[1]
Capital punishment[edit]
Pavon Prison houses the Guatemalan death row and an execution chamber to carry out executions by lethal injection.
Executed inmates[edit]
- Manuel Martínez Coronado: Mass murderer
- Amílcar Cetino Pérez and Tomás Cerrate Hernández: Convicted of kidnapping and murdering a businesswoman
References[edit]
- ^ Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights Page 392 Inter-American Commission on Human Right - 1993 "Another reported incident of mistreatment and torture resulted from the uprising at the "Pavon" prison farm. On 26 March 1989, at 1:00 p.m., a group of over 200 of the 1500 common prisoners held there seized control of the facility. "
External links[edit]
- "Inmates ran prison for 10 years." Sydney Morning Herald. September 30, 2006.
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