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Protesting Bolivian prisoners bury themselves up to their necks

Other inmates look on as one of dozens of protesting prisoners is buried up to the neck in El Abra prison in Bolivia's Cochabamba Department on Dec. 13, 2012. The protesters were demanding the payment of a food subsidy from the state which has not been paid since last October. The prisoners dug pits in the courtyard and were buried in shifts.

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