21 Dead in Mexico Jail Riot

World | October 21, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00
21 Dead in Mexico Jail Riot: 21 Dead in Mexico Jail Riot Riot police and heavily armed soldiers quelled the fighting after riot broke out in a jail in northeastern Mexico. Photo by BBC

At least 21 Mexican inmates have been killed in a riot in a prison in northeastern Mexico near the Texas border.

The riot broke out in Reynosa prison early on Monday when rival jail gangs attacked each other with knives and guns while setting fire to a part of the prison.

Riot police and heavily armed soldiers quelled the fighting after several hours. The prison, which was designed to house 1,800 inmates, currently holds about 2,200.

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