Mexico Prisons

Prison Gunfight Erupts

AP | Posted 05.24.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- State officials say three prisoners have been killed and six wounded in a gunfight at a prison in the violent northern Mexico border st...

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Yoga Helps Mexican Inmates Find Peace, Curbs Violence

Posted 11.18.2011

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At one Mexico City juvenile detention center, inmates are finding inner peace through an unlikely practice in a jail cell: yoga. Prison wardens re...

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Peacocks, Prostitutes Found Inside Mexico Prison

AP | Posted 01.07.2012

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Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico -- Authorities say a surprise search at an Acapulco prison has netted two peacocks, 100 fighting cocks, 19 prosti...

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Seven Killed In Prison Riot

Posted 12.13.2011

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MONTERREY, Mexico -- Mexican security officials say seven inmates have died in a prison riot that may have been set off by the arrest of a top drug ca...

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Massive Prison Break Frees 140 Inmates On U.S. Border

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — Nearly 150 inmates escaped Friday from a state prison in the northern Mexico border city of Nuevo Laredo, and authorities said the...

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Mexican Prison Brawl Leaves 23 Dead

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — Twenty-three inmates were killed Wednesday morning in a brawl between rival drug gangs at a northern Mexico penitentiary, official...

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Mexico's Prisons: Complete With Pizza Delivery, Prostitutes, And Rampant Drug Trade

nytimes.com | MARC LACEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY The surveillance cameras captured it all: guards looking on nonchalantly as 53 inmates many of them associated with one of Mexico's most n...

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