Four inmates killed in Mexican prison riot, 21 injured

Record ID: 645180

  • Title: Four inmates killed in Mexican prison riot, 21 injured
  • Date: 29th March 2017
  • Summary: MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON STATE, MEXICO (MARCH 27, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** RELATIVES GATHERED OUTSIDE PRISON, WAITING FOR NEWS SECURITY OFFICERS, RELATIVES AND MEDIA AT PRISON ENTRANCE HELICOPTER CIRCLING OVERHEAD PRISON POLICE CARS GOING INTO PRISON MORE OF RELATIVES WAITING FOR NEWS WATCH TOWER AT PRISON POLICE CAR APPROACHING PRISON ENTRANCE VARIOUS OF RELATIVES OF INMATES GATHERED OUTSIDE PRISON MORE OF SECURITY OFFICERS HOLDING PEOPLE BACK FORENSICS VEHICLE LEAVING PRISON MORE OF PRISON GATE AMBULANCES SEEN LEAVING PRISON FOLLOWED BY POLICE CAR MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON STATE, MEXICO (MARCH 28, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BLACK SMOKE RISING INTO SKY FROM PRISON HELICOPTER CIRCLING OVERHEAD MORE OF SMOKE RISING INTO SKY YOUNG MEN LOOKING ON PRISON EXTERIOR / TROOPS PATROLLING POLICE OFFICER WEARING BALACLAVA WOMEN LOOKING ON
  • Embargoed: 12th April 2017 21:08
  • Keywords: Riot Mexico violence prison Monterrey
  • Location: MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON STATE, MEXICO
  • City: MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON STATE, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016A0KTVN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Four inmates were killed and 21 injured during a prison riot in northern Mexico, the government of the state of Nuevo Leon said on Tuesday (March 28), the second fatal security breach within a week in the country's troubled prison system.
    The deaths occurred in the Cadereyta penitentiary near the city of Monterrey after about 50 inmates attacked the prison's pharmacy and set fire to cells, the government said.
    It was the second consecutive day of violence there. On Monday (March 27), two guards and five prisoners were hurt after inmates blocked corridors in the facility with burning mattresses.
    On Friday, three inmates died in a prison riot in the neighbouring state of Tamaulipas after a jailbreak.
    In February 2016, 49 people were killed in a massive gang fight in the Topo Chico prison in Monterrey.
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