Mexico due to gang wars a prison riots led to 52 deaths

February 11th governor of Nuevo Leon, Mexico Ha Yimei Rodriguez 11 that same day at the state capital in the western city of Monterrey in a prison riot caused by gang wars between criminal organizations, a total of 52 deaths.

Rodriguez said at a news conference, said the unrest began in the evening of 10 local time 11:30 or so, riots located at "Mole" prison C2 and C3 prison area. It is not the cause of the riots earlier media reports have prisoners attempted to escape, but belong to different criminal organizations both within the prison gang gang wars.

Rodriguez said that although there is indeed a prisoner tried to escape during the riot, but the first time to set up alert guards in prison periphery, so there is no successful escape of prisoners. The riots caused 52 deaths, 12 people were injured, five of them seriously.

Rodriguez said the local army and police at 1:30 on the 11th or so to help quell a prison riot. Prison authorities are to assess the site to decide whether to transfer prisoners to other prisons.

11 am a group of prisoners within the control of the "Mole" many prison cells and arson, opportunistic attempt to escape. Riot caused the death of more than 50 celebrities, more than 70 people were injured, and another small part of the prisoner escape.