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The Presidio Modelo was a "model prison" with panopticon design, built on the Isla de Pinos ("Isle of Pines"), now the Isla de la Juventud ("Isle of Youth"), in Cuba. It is located in the suburban quarter of Chacón, Nueva Gerona .
Cárcel Modelo, also known as Cárcel Celular, was the main prison for men in Madrid at the turn of the 20th century. Located in the Moncloa-Aravaca district, it was inaugurated in 1884 after seven years of construction [ 1 ] and replaced the 18th century Cárcel del Saladero .
After defeating the 1936 military coup attempt, the Spanish government imprisoned some of the uprising's suspected political and military supporters at the Cárcel Modelo Prison in Madrid. After rumours that the prisoners were escaping, an angry crowd formed outside the prison's gates demanding the execution of the " fascists ". [ 1 ]
John Jairo Moreno Torres was born in the Colombian capital of Bogotá, growing up in a dysfunctional family with economic problems. He suffered a burn on his leg at an early age, which eventually earned him the name "Johnny the Leper". [5]
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El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center has been hailed as the nation's solution to rampant gang violence, but human rights groups have slammed its alleged inhumane treatment of its ...
He had climbed the mountain 10 times and spent 20 hours on the summit of Everest in 1999, then a new record. [18] He also climbed to the summit twice in two weeks and held the record climbing time from base camp to summit of 16 hours and 56 minutes. [18] In 2019, 11 people died on Everest during a record season with a huge number of climbers.
Español: Fachada principal de la Cárcel Modelo de Madrid, en la revista española La Ilustración Española y Americana. Date: 30 December 1883: Source (1883-12-30).