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Caribbean-Latin America
151 Inmates Escape Mexican Prison
2010-12-19
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A total of 151 inmates escaped en masse from a Tamaulipas state prison Thursday evening, say Mexican new accounts.
Did the 'escape' feature Chuck Connors and a helicopter landing in the yard of the prison?
Only if the helo had a minigun mounted...
The escape from the Nuevo Laredo Centro de Ejecuciones y Sanciones (CEDES) took place at about 1900 hrs Thursday evening.

A upwardly revised count of escapees was released Friday night adding ten more escapees to the count.

The Tamaulipas Seguridad Publica del Gobierno del Estado Antonio Garza Garza said in a statement that more than 1700 inmates were at the prison many of whom were tied to the drug cartels and organized crime by the national government, and that Tamaulipas governor Eugenio Hernandez Flores has previously requested federal government support for the prison.

The escape is the latest of three in the calender year.
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