At least 14 dead in armed attack on prison in Mexican border city Juarez

Record ID: 1704936

  • Title: At least 14 dead in armed attack on prison in Mexican border city Juarez
  • Date: 2nd January 2023
  • Summary: CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO (JANUARY 1, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE PRISON PEOPLE HUGGING EACH OTHER CRYING PEOPLE OUTSIDE PRISON POLICE VEHICLES OUTSIDE PRISON MEXICAN ARMY OUTSIDE PRISON POLICE VEHICLES ARRIVING POLICE VEHICLES OUTSIDE PRISON ARMED AGENTS LINED-UP VARIOUS OF ARMED AGENTS OUTSIDE PRISON ARMED SOLDIERS BULLETS AND GUNS DISPLAYED ON FLOOR (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED INMATE’S RELATIVE, SAYING: “We’re used to it because they (attackers) did these things many times before. By the way they shot at people, I got scared as they did so at point-blank range, and they shot at all the vehicles that were passing by. (Reporter asks if attackers were civilians) Civilians dressed up in black but were better armed than the police themselves.” AMBULANCES ARRIVING AT PRISON POLICE VEHICLES VARIOUS OF ARMED SOLDIERS ON VAN ARMED SOLDIERS OUTSIDE FENCE SOLDIERS ON VEHICLE PASSING BY PRISON SOLDIERS OUTSIDE PRISON
  • Embargoed: 16th January 2023 01:27
  • Keywords: Inmate Mexico Prison Violence
  • Location: CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO
  • City: CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,South America / Central America,North America
  • Reuters ID: LVA001986202012023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Mexican authorities said on Sunday (January 1) at least 14 people died in an armed attack at a prison in the northern border city Juarez and two more died during a later armed aggression elsewhere in the city.
    The Chihuahua state prosecutor said in a statement that among those who died in the prison attack were 10 security personnel and four inmates, while another 13 were hurt and at least 24 inmates escaped.
    It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack.
    An inmate’s relative who didn’t want to identify herself said all the attackers were in black and better armed than the police.
    The prosecutor said initial investigations found the attackers arrived at around 7 a.m. local time at the prison in armored vehicles and opened fire.
    Minutes earlier, authorities had reported a nearby attack against municipal police.
    After a chase, four men were captured and a truck was seized.
    In a different part of the city, two more drivers died later in the day following what authorities called an armed aggression.
    The state prosecutor did not specify whether the three incidents were related.
    In August, hundreds of Mexican soldiers were sent to Juarez after a prison face-off between members of two rival cartels caused a riot and shootouts that killed 11 people, most of them civilians.
    (Production: Jose Luis Gonzalez, Alberto Fajardo, Anna Portella)
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