Going undercover in a cartel’s wild prison-HQ

Venezuelan journalist Ronna Rísquez was doing research for a book about the notorious Tren de Aragua gang, which had taken control of the Tocorón prison and was operating out of it. The cartel ran the prison with impunity, and Ronna had heard about the unbelievable facilities inside, like a family swimming pool, a kids' playground, a nightclub, even a zoo. She wanted to see the reality with her own eyes, so she hatched an audacious plan to go undercover into their prison-headquarters.

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Presenter: Ramita Navai
Producer: Rob Wilson
Translator and interpreter: Jonathan López Pérez
Voiceover artist: Rona Fletcher

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(Photo: The kids' playground inside Tocorón prison. Credit: Reuters)