The Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said in a press release that four other people were injured.
At least 14 people, including 10 guards, were killed in an armed raid on a prison in Ciudad Juarez, on the US border, during which at least 24 inmates escaped, local authorities said Sunday.
The Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said in a press release that four other people were injured.
The raid took place at dawn, when gunmen arrived in armored vehicles and opened fire on the guards.
At the same time, families of inmates were waiting to enter the penitentiary in order to visit their relatives in the New Year.
According to the first reports, the raid was intended to facilitate the escape of a group of prisoners.
With the help of the army, police made four arrests, the prosecutor’s office added, without specifying whether they were fugitives or perpetrators of the attack.
In this prison in northern Mexico, members of the notorious Sinaloa and Juarez cartels, who have been at war for control of the city for over fifteen years, are being held.
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