Venezuela jail fire: Relatives grieve as dead buried in mass tomb
Venezuela's prisons suffer from dire overcrowding and a shortage of basic supplies, struggling under the deepening economic crisis that is gripping the once-wealthy oil-producing country.
A woman grieves over the coffin containing the remains of Jose Manuel Perez, 28, at the Municipal Cemetery of Valencia, Venezuela. | AP
Jesus Zapata cries on the coffin containing the remains of his son Erickson Zapata, at the Municipal Cemetery in Valencia, Venezuela. | aP
A relative cries over the coffin containing the remains of Alirio Duran, 25, during his funeral at the Municipal Cemetery of Valencia, Venezuela. | AP
Relatives grieve over the coffin containing the remains of Jose Manuel Perez, 28, during his funeral at the Municipal Cemetery in Valencia, Venezuela. | AP
Yajaira Rojas, right, stands next to the coffin containing the remains of her son Alix Eduardo Diaz, with other grieving relatives at the Municipal Cemetery of Valencia, Venezuela. | AP
A woman is consoled as she grieves during the funeral of Alirio Duran, 25, at the Municipal Cemetery of Valencia, Venezuela.| AP
A relative faints during the funeral of one of the people who was killed in a police station fire, at the Municipal Cemetery of Valencia, Venezuela. | AP
A woman is consoled as she grieves during the funeral of one of the people who was killed in a police station fire, at the Municipal Cemetery of Valencia, Venezuela. | AP
Yajaira Rojas shows photos of her late son Alix Eduardo Diaz, during his funeral at the Municipal Cemetery of Valencia, Venezuela. | AP
Relatives unload the coffin containing the remains of Jose Manuel Perez, 28, at the Municipal Cemetery of Valencia, Venezuela. | AP
Relatives carry the coffin containing the remains of Jose Manuel Perez, 28, to his burial site at the Municipal Cemetery in Valencia, Venezuela. | AP
A relative grieves during the funeral of Alirio Duran, 25, at the Municipal Cemetery of Valencia, Venezuela. | AP
