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Guns, ammunition, grenades, vehicles and other seized items are put on show at Venezuela's Tocoron prison, after authorities took back control of it from a powerful gang in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces. IMAGES
Relatives of inmates wait outside for news as Venezuelan police and military take back control of Tocuyito prison, the South American country's most populated. According to authorities, the operation was carried out due to "illegal activities" in the prison that is home to more than 2,000 inmates. IMAGES
Relatives wait outside the Tocoron prison in the Venezuelan northern state of Aragua as buses carrying inmates leave the facility, after authorities seized control of it from the hands of a powerful gang with international reach in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces. IMAGES
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