Gun attack on Mexican jail leaves 14 dead

Gunmen have attacked a jail within the northern Mexican metropolis of Ciudad Juarez, leaving 14 individuals lifeless and permitting 24 inmates to flee, the Chihuahua state prosecutors’ workplace mentioned.

An unknown variety of gunmen aboard armored autos took half within the assault on Sunday, and the lifeless included 10 jail guards and safety brokers, it mentioned in an announcement.

The assault occurred round 7:00 am (1400 GMT) and sparked preventing between inmates throughout the sprawling state jail, prosecutors mentioned.

Moments earlier than the assault, armed males fired on municipal police alongside a close-by boulevard, setting off a automobile chase that ended with the seizure of a automobile and 4 males, it added.

Later, assailants in a Hummer fired on one other group of safety brokers exterior the jail, it mentioned.

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Investigation

Prosecutors mentioned preventing throughout the jail, the place inmates from differing legal bands and drug cartels are housed in separate cellblocks, additionally left 13 individuals injured.

Prosecutors mentioned 4 individuals had been detained however didn’t specify in the event that they had been inmates or armed assailants.

Details weren’t obtainable about how the 24 escaped inmates had been in a position to flee.

Prosecutors within the metropolis, which is throughout the border from El Paso, Texas, mentioned they had been investigating the motive of the assault.

Ciudad Juarez was the scene of years of violent clashes between the rival Sinaloa and Juarez drug cartels and safety forces that left hundreds of individuals lifeless prior to now decade.

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Source: AFP