The Chihuahua state prosecutor's office said in a statement that around 7 am various armoured vehicles arrived at the prison and gunmen opened fire on guards.
According to the spokesperson, some attackers and 262 inmates escaped in the melee before reinforcement could come from sister services, noting that 10 inmates have so far been recaptured, leaving 252 at large.
Sixty-two inmates have died in riots at prisons in three cities in Ecuador as a result of fights between rival gangs and an escape attempt, authorities said Tuesday.
Para state prison authorities a fight erupted around 7 a.m., between the Rio de Janeiro-based Comando Vermelho and a local criminal group known as Comando Classe A.
Dera Ismail Khan, July 30: Dozens of Taliban militants armed with guns, grenades and bombs attacked a prison in northwest Pakistan, freeing more than 250 prisoners, including 25 “dangerous terrorists,” officials said.The militants killed six
Bhikhiwind (Punjab), May 2: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who died in Pakistan early Thursday, will be cremated in his hometown Bhikhiwind in Punjab's border district of Tarn Taran, amid great anger in the town.Sarabjit's family,
Mumbai, May 1: Following the brutal assault on Indian national Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistan jail, security of neighbouring country's prisoners in Maharashtra jails has been tightened, a senior police official said.Additional Director General of
Lahore, Apr 28: The distraught family of a comatose Sarabjit Singh was on Sunday allowed to have a glimpse of him from a distance at the hospital where he is being treated after a brutal
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