Pavon Prison (Guatemala)

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Pavon Prison (officially referred to as Granja Penal de Pavón) is a prison in Guatemala. It is located outside the town of Fraijanes near Guatemala City. It was built in 1986 and over time it became overcrowded and authorities decided to only control the perimeters of the prison and let the prisoners run the interior on their own.

Since 1996, a society developed, with cocaine operations run by Colombian drug lords incarcerated there.

[edit] Authorities regain control

On Monday September 25, 2006, 3000 police and military forces overran the prison and reestablished authority. Seven inmates were killed. Among those killed was Luis Zepeda, a leader of the inmates and the head of the prison government.