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Old 08-15-2009, 07:35 PM
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Default Mexico prison riot leaves 19 dead.

At least 19 inmates have been killed and more than 20 injured in a riot in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Durango, security officials say.

Smoke has been seen rising from the prison in the town of Gomez Palacio, and gunshots were heard.

Officials said the violence resulted from rivalry between gangs in the jail.
State official Jorge Torres said that While the situation was now calm the overall atmosphere was tense. He discribed the prison as a 'time bomb'.
He told Mexican TV teh fighting was a 'dispute for dominance' and suggested that inmates being held on federal drug and organised crime-related charges might be behind te violence.

"Dynamics disturbed.

'We have a significant number of criminals linked to organised crime', he said, quoted by the Associated Press news agency.
'I think it is penitentairy, and they place the governance of it at constant risk'.
Durango has been the sence of clashes between the Gulf and Sinaloa drug cartels in recent months.
President Felipe Calderon has declared war on the illegal narcotic organisation in Mexico, deploying 40,000 troops to fight the cartels.
Thousands have been killed in drug-related violence in the last few years.
Drug gangs have been involved previously in prison escapes and rioting.
In May, an armed gang believed to be linked to the Gulf cartel broke into a jail in the state of Zacatecas and freed more than 50 inmates.

(BBC NEWS | Americas | Mexico prison riot leaves 19 dead)




Almost looks like they follow each other doesn't it?
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Old 08-15-2009, 08:28 PM
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Default Re: Mexico prison riot leaves 19 dead.

unfortunately the drug war is on, all wanting the power and control of the drug market..


This riot is linked to the recent California one, that was the message to be heard between gangs. Sad

Guess the message was heard....
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So big chance that there will be more riots?
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