According to AFP journalists and images broadcast by television channels, many detainees took up positions on the roof of the main prison building, throwing stones at the police.
Hundreds of inmates rioted on Tuesday and took dozens of hostages at the overcrowded Tacumbu prison, the largest in Paraguay, according to authorities and AFP journalists at the scene.
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Inmates at Paraguay's largest prison on Wednesday freed 22 guards they had taken hostage during a riot that has now ended after negotiations with authorities, police said.Police have not said what the negotiations with the inmates entailed, although one of the prisoners' demands was the resignation of Justice Minister Angel Barchini.
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