El Manzano is a

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in the city of Concepción,

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. After the

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, a

prison riot A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners. Prison riots have not been the subject of many academic studies or research inquir ...

began following a failed escape attempt by inmates. Different parts of the prison were set on fire and the riot was only controlled after the guards chot into the air and received help from military units. On 3 March 2005, it was reported that guards had found a 7-meter long tunnel made by inmates."Gendarmes hallaron túnel en cárcel"
''El Manzano de Concepción'',

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Prisons in Chile Buildings and structures in Concepción {{Chile-struct-stub