GUYANA – A prison riot in Guyana that killed 17 inmates has ended in a tentative truce hours after violence flared anew, officials said. The riot first began Wednesday when inmates angered by a search and confiscation of cell phones set fires in one part of the prison, located in the capital of Georgetown. On Thursday, police and prison guards moved in, setting off battles with inmates armed with pieces of wooden bed frames, officials said. Prisoners began the violence anew Friday morning, setting another fire, breaking out of cells and lobbing teargas canisters back at police and prison officers. Soon thereafter a delegation of more than 12 shackled and handcuffed inmates were escorted from the jail to participate in closed-door talks with the South American country’s minister of state and public security minister. Following the hour-long discussions, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said that “a gentleman’s agreement on both sides” had resulted…[+]