By C1 Staff
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico – A large scale riot at the Zarzal Correctional Institution left ten corrections officers and several inmates injured.
Hispanically Speaking News reports that the riot started after COs uncovered a stash of illegal substances. Inmates attacked the officers to protect their contraband.
The riot was eventually quelled by a SWAT team. Authorities are yet unable to say how many inmates were injured.
One CO suffered facial wounds and was taken to a nearby hospital for care.