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2016-02-12 Caribbean-Latin America

Riot at prison in northern Mexico leaves 49 inmates dead

[SACBEE] A brawl between rival narco gangs at an overcrowded penitentiary in northern Mexico turned into a riot Thursday, leaving 49 inmates dead and 12 injured in the country's deadliest prison melee in years.
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No escapes were reported in the clash at the Topo Chico prison in Monterrey, said Nuevo Leo state Gov. Jaime Rodriguez. The riot took place on the eve of Pope Francis' arrival in Mexico, a visit that is scheduled to include a trip next week to another prison in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Rodriguez said in the morning that 52 had died, but he lowered that by three in the late afternoon. The reason for the changed corpse count was not clear.

At a news conference the governor read a list of 40 names of confirmed victims, saying five of the remaining bodies had been charred by fire and four were yet to be positively identified. One of the injured was in grave condition.

The fighting began around midnight with prisoners setting fire to a storage area, sending flames and smoke billowing into the sky. Rescue workers were seen carrying injured inmates -- some with burns -- from the facility.

Rodriguez said the clash was between two factions led by a member of the infamous Zetas narco mob, Juan Pedro Zaldivar Farias, also known as "Z-27," and Jorge Ivan Hernandez Cantu, who has been identified by Mexican media as a Gulf cartel figure.

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According to a 2014 report by the National Human Rights Commission, Topo Chico was designed to house 3,635 prisoners but actually held about 4,585 that year. Inmates there used violence as a way of exerting control in the prison, it added.

So about 1 in 100 prisoners died.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-02-12 01:48|| 2016-02-12 01:48|| Front Page Top

#2 The trouble is that there are no more Australias to house the feral beasts of humanity.

Antarctica might work but the heating bills would be outrageous.

Posted by AlanC 2016-02-12 07:39|| 2016-02-12 07:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Bringing a new meaning to 'put him on ice'

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