2023-09-23 13:33:27
In the past week, the mainstream media reported that the Venezuelan government had regained control of the notorious Tocorón prison with thousands of soldiers and police. For years, Torocón was controlled by the criminal gang Tren de Aragua. It was known that there was a night club, swimming pool, and zoo inside the prison, but many inmates’ relatives also moved into the complex. However, little was said regarding the fact that bitcoin mining also took place in the prison. In Venezuela, everyone lives as they can Many bitcoin mining machines were found by the authorities of the South American country behind the walls, which pointed out how the gang members were able to get money from their crimes. The question is how they were able to acquire so many machines and how they were able to operate them completely unnoticed in the prison. There is no question that corruption and fear helped the gang so that they might live in prison like little kings in front of the prison guards and police. Regardless, it’s still a big question that in a country like Venezuela, where power outages are very common, they were able to maintain a bitcoin mining operation in prison. By the way, cryptocurrencies are specifically accepted and used in Venezuela. Residents mainly use cryptocurrencies to combat inflation and overcome economic uncertainty. But it has become so embedded in everyday life that some criminal gangs also accept protection money, ransoms and blackmail money in crypto wallets. The sad thing is that for most of the Venezuelan population, what just happened did not really come as a surprise. The investigations are still ongoing, but the fact is that the Tocorón prison has been transformed into a prison once more and the luxury extras that were available to the prisoners until now have been abolished.
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