El Salvador: Authorities Expected Prison Massacre
El Salvador s Attorney General s Office asserted Wednesday that this weekend s massacre in the Apanteos Prison was anticipated by officers and prisoners.

Officials and prisoners in that penitentiary in Santa Ana, 43 miles from the capital, warned of the danger by the entry of gangs, Carlos Godoy, Public Ministry Life Unit chief, declared.

We do not have an official report of those warnings, but during the count of corpses an officer made the comment and we are investigating, Godoy told local media

Apanteos Warden Oswaldo Portillo confirmed the statements by the Attorney General s Office that there was concern due to the coexistence of gangs and common prisoners, but no measures were taken at all, Portillo admitted.

Similarly, the Salvadoran Department for Human Rights ratified the prior warnings, La Prensa Grafica daily headlined.

A letter released by that source, written by Nelson Majano Garcia, killed during the disturbances, also warned of the danger.