MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in northern Mexico say at least 15 prisoners have died in a fight between inmates at a prison across the border from McAllen, Texas. The prison is located in the border city of Reynosa in Tamaulipas state. The state’s Public Safety Department says the predawn-Monday confrontation between two groups of inmates “has left at least 15 people dead and several wounded.” State and federal police are working to bring the prison under control. Authorities ringed the prison with soldiers and police and were negotiating with inmates to get access to a section that was consumed by fire.—-Contact The Daly Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Officials: At least 15 dead in prison riot
October 19, 2008