7 dead, 59 escape in Mexico prison fight near US - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee: "Fighting among inmates in a Mexican prison near the U.S. border killed seven prisoners and allowed at least 59 others to escape, police said Friday.
Tamaulipas state officials said five prison guards abandoned their posts during the clash at a prison in Nuevo Laredo, a city across the border from Laredo, Texas."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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