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A relative of an inmate waits for news on her family member outside the Aragua jail as the government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. The jail had restaurants, bars and even outdoor swimming pools, among other luxuries, and it was the operating center for feared criminal gang Tren de Aragua,... 
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A destroyed gate is pictured in the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. The gang is responsible for carrying out assassinations, drug trafficking and kidnapping, among other crimes, the government says. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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An excavator destroys infrastructure built by inmates in the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloriaトレンド写真
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Clothes lie on the floor of a patio of the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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Members of Venezuelan's counterintelligence (DGCIM) escort detained personnel of the Bolivian National Guard as the government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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A broken wall is pictured in the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloriaトレンド記事
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A food stall is pictured in the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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Clothes lie on the floor of a patio of the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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A bar is pictured in the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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A member of the Bolivarian National Guard is pictured in the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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Members of the Bolivarian National Guard and National Police stand guard at a checkpoint in the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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A playground is pictured in the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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A swimming pool is pictured in the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
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A member of special forces of the Bolivarian National Police is pictured in the Aragua jail as Venezuela's government announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to take back control of its prison system, in Tocoron, Venezuela September 23, 2023. Venezuela has completed the first phase of regaining control of its prison system, Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos said on Saturday,... 
