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19 Dead, Cartel Kingpin Escapes After Armed Attack On Mexico Prison
An attack on a prison in the Mexican border town of Juarez left 19 dead and allowed a cartel kingpin to escape along with two dozen other prisoners, authorities said Monday.
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14 Killed In Armed Attack On Mexico Prison, Dozens Of Inmates Escape
Gunmen attacked a prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez on Sunday, leaving 14 people dead and allowing 24 inmates to escape, the Chihuahua state prosecutors' office said.
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Welcome To The Prison That Some Don't Want To Leave
More than a century after Mexico established a prison on the Maria Islands -- a Pacific archipelago eight hours by boat from the mainland -- the country's new government has decided to close it.
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28 Inmates Killed In Bloody Mexican Prison Fight
At least 28 inmates were killed in a brutal prison fight on Thursday in the Mexican Pacific resort of Acapulco, in one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country's troubled penal system in recent years.
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Mexico Witnesses Riot In Jail, 2 Inmates Killed
Two inmates were killed and 13 injured during a prison riot in northern Mexico, the government of the state of Nuevo Leon said on Tuesday.
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Drug Boss 'El Chapo's' New Prison Rated As Mexico's Worst
The northern Mexico prison where authorities suddenly transferred convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is rated as the worst in the federal penitentiary system for inmate conditions.
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At Least 49 Dead In Mexico Prison Battle
Inmates armed with bats and blades brawled and ignited a fire in a packed prison in northern Mexico on Thursday, leaving 49 dead in the bloodiest jailhouse riot in years.
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At Least 30 Dead in Mexico Prison Riot: Reports
At least 30 people died in a pre-dawn prison riot in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey today, as smoke billowed from the building, local media reported.
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52 dead, 12 Injured In Riot At Northern Mexico Prison
A brutal fight between rival factions killed 52 inmates and injured 12 at a prison in northern Mexico on Thursday, the state governor said.
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132 convicts break out of Mexican prison
At least 132 convicts escaped from a Mexican prison near the US border on Monday, fleeing through a tunnel they dug in the old carpentry workshop, the state prosecutor's office said.
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44 killed in Mexico prison riot; guards detained
An inmate riot that may have been staged to cover a breakout killed 44 prisoners on Sunday, and the jail's director and all guards on duty at the time have been detained, a security official said.
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41 Mexican guards helped in massive prison break
More than 40 prison guards have been charged with helping 153 inmates escape from a prison in a northern Mexican border city.The federal Attorney General's office says in a statement that 41 guards have been accused of opening the gates of the prison in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas. If convicted, the guards face up to 20 years...
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19 Dead, Cartel Kingpin Escapes After Armed Attack On Mexico Prison
An attack on a prison in the Mexican border town of Juarez left 19 dead and allowed a cartel kingpin to escape along with two dozen other prisoners, authorities said Monday.
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14 Killed In Armed Attack On Mexico Prison, Dozens Of Inmates Escape
Gunmen attacked a prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez on Sunday, leaving 14 people dead and allowing 24 inmates to escape, the Chihuahua state prosecutors' office said.
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Welcome To The Prison That Some Don't Want To Leave
More than a century after Mexico established a prison on the Maria Islands -- a Pacific archipelago eight hours by boat from the mainland -- the country's new government has decided to close it.
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28 Inmates Killed In Bloody Mexican Prison Fight
At least 28 inmates were killed in a brutal prison fight on Thursday in the Mexican Pacific resort of Acapulco, in one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country's troubled penal system in recent years.
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Mexico Witnesses Riot In Jail, 2 Inmates Killed
Two inmates were killed and 13 injured during a prison riot in northern Mexico, the government of the state of Nuevo Leon said on Tuesday.
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Drug Boss 'El Chapo's' New Prison Rated As Mexico's Worst
The northern Mexico prison where authorities suddenly transferred convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is rated as the worst in the federal penitentiary system for inmate conditions.
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At Least 49 Dead In Mexico Prison Battle
Inmates armed with bats and blades brawled and ignited a fire in a packed prison in northern Mexico on Thursday, leaving 49 dead in the bloodiest jailhouse riot in years.
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At Least 30 Dead in Mexico Prison Riot: Reports
At least 30 people died in a pre-dawn prison riot in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey today, as smoke billowed from the building, local media reported.
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52 dead, 12 Injured In Riot At Northern Mexico Prison
A brutal fight between rival factions killed 52 inmates and injured 12 at a prison in northern Mexico on Thursday, the state governor said.
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132 convicts break out of Mexican prison
At least 132 convicts escaped from a Mexican prison near the US border on Monday, fleeing through a tunnel they dug in the old carpentry workshop, the state prosecutor's office said.
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44 killed in Mexico prison riot; guards detained
An inmate riot that may have been staged to cover a breakout killed 44 prisoners on Sunday, and the jail's director and all guards on duty at the time have been detained, a security official said.
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41 Mexican guards helped in massive prison break
More than 40 prison guards have been charged with helping 153 inmates escape from a prison in a northern Mexican border city.The federal Attorney General's office says in a statement that 41 guards have been accused of opening the gates of the prison in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas. If convicted, the guards face up to 20 years...
