Monday, October 20, 2008

Deaths in Mexican Jails

It looks like the war between the drug cartels is beginning to create casualties in Mexico's prisons. Reuters has a recent update:

"At least 17 dead in Mexico jail riot near U.S. border"

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - At least 17 prisoners died in a jail riot in Mexico near the U.S. border on Monday, some in a fire after a gun battle between rival gangs.

The riot started in the early hours of Monday in Reynosa across from the Texan border, a manufacturing city where the powerful Gulf drug cartel is active, the local state attorney general's office said.

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