Drug cartel linked to prison riot
China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-22 08:20
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A woman kisses a child while waiting to visit an imprisoned family member at the Apodaca prison, on the outskirts of Monterrey on Monday. Members of the Zetas drug cartel plotted with prison guards to orchestrate an elaborate escape and kill 44 of their rivals in one of the worst episodes of prison violence in Mexico, Governor Rodrigo Medina of Nuevo Leon state said on Monday. Daniel Becerril / Reuters |
MONTERREY, Mexico - Thirty members of a feared Mexican drug cartel were on the loose on Tuesday after dozens of rival gang members were killed in a prison massacre apparently organized with the aid of authorities.
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