“With all the smoke and confusion … 79 prisoners escaped, but 76 were recaptured, and only three are fugitives,” police spokesman Commissioner Orlin Cerrato said.

Police shot and wounded eleven inmates who attempted to flee the prison.

All the injured received medical treatment for bullet wounds. Seven of them left the hospital and are in good health, and four others are still in the hospital. Two of the four, remain in intensive care in hospital Santabarbarense, Reinaldo Amaya and Francisco Pineda. The other two, Wilmer Garcia and Jimenez Wenscelao, are being operated on by medical personnel.

The 364 inmates who did not escape were taken to the emergency and municipal stadium. The three current escapees are Salvador Cardona, [robbery], Joel Varela Aceituno [manslaughter] and Jose Ramon Rivera [manslaughter].