Overview
- The unannounced search targeted Pavilion 7, which holds more than 170 inmates linked to serious crimes including contract killings and criminal organizations.
- Seventy-five INPE specialists took part, seizing two televisions, a sound system and other banned items, and removing clandestine electrical hookups.
- After the sweep, Minister Walter Martínez ordered immediate reinforcement of security across the facility, which holds over 5,000 inmates.
- He inspected men’s and women’s sections and reviewed the outer perimeter to verify compliance with the prison intangibility rule.
- Officials presented the action as part of sustained operations begun in 2025 to prevent prisons from serving as hubs for extortion and hired killings.