1994 Sabaneta fire

Prison fire in Venezuela March 2024 1994 Sabaneta Prison Fire 3 January 1994 Maracaibo National Prison (Sabaneta Prison), Maracaibo, Venezuela Structure fire Probable Arson Disputed 108 The Sabaneta prison fire was a fire that occurred on 3 January 1994 in a prison in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in which at least 108 inmates died. It is the tragedy that caused the most deaths in the country's prison history.Hernández Juan Carlos 29 March 2018 Angry families demand facts on deadly Venezuela jail riot https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/deadly-riot-fire-hit-venezuela-police-station-no-numbers/2018/03/28/971f423a-32f1-11e8-b6bd-0084a1666987_story.html 30 March 2018 en The Washington PostVinogradoff Ludmila 1994-01-07 Relatos de horror de los supervivientes del motín de la cárcel venezolana https://elpais.com/diario/1994/01/07/internacional/757897209_850215.html El País Caracas Fire It was estimated that the fire was set with gasoline by one of two warring groups in the prison and the gang "Los Goajiros" was blamed for it. However, Diario República reported that an internal source revealed that the day before an inmate had been decapitated and that soccer was played with his head, an event that had occurred before in December 1990; according to the source, the event infuriated the fellow inmates and they waited for the night to chain the exit doors and cause the fire.Andara Rivas José 3 January 2015 A 21 años de la masacre en la Cárcel de Sabaneta: Una tragedia que conmocionó al mundo entero http://www.diariorepublica.com/sucesos/a-21-anos-de-la-masacre-en-la-carcel-de-sabaneta-una-tragedia-que-conmociono-al-mundo-entero# 30 March 2018 Diario República'Expediente Criminal' y las cárceles: las tragedias en las prisiones como 'limpieza social' http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/105686/hoy-en-expediente-criminal-isnardo-bravo-analiza-la-tragedia-que-viven-las-carceles-en-latinoamerica/ https://web.archive.org/web/20181019170851/http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/105686/hoy-en-expediente-criminal-isnardo-bravo-analiza-la-tragedia-que-viven-las-carceles-en-latinoamerica/ 2018-10-19 14 September 2018 Noticias 24 The fire demonstrated the shortcomings of the Venezuelan penal system and led to urgent decisions, including the intervention of the Sabaneta prison and criminal actions against the prison guards. See also 2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire References Venezuela Category:1994 riots Category:Fires in Venezuela Category:1994 in Venezuela Category:Prison riots in Venezuela Category:Zulia Category:Residential building arson attacks in South America Category:Arson in 1994 Category:Prison arson attacks Category:1994 mass murders Category:20th-century mass murders in Venezuela Category:January 1994 in South America Category:January 1994 crimes Category:Attacks on government buildings and structures in Venezuela Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1994 Category:Fire disasters involving barricaded escape routes