Riot in Ciudad Juárez prison; 24 inmates escaped

On the morning of this Sunday, January 1, 2023, a riot was registered in a prison of City Juarez Chihuahuawhere at least 24 inmates escaped, and preliminarily 14 people, between guards and inmates, would have been shot dead.

The State Center for Social Reintegration (Cereso) 3 of Juarez City It had been under normality since 2016 when Pope Francis even came to meet with inmates.

It is known that the prison has detainees linked to the Sinaloa and Juárez cartels, although both were divided.

This Sunday morning, several inmates rioted for more than two hours in two areas of the prison, burning mattresses and blankets, and not allowing the prison authorities to enter. Several firearms detonations were heard at the site.

Preliminarily it is known that 10 custodians would have lost their lives, in addition to four inmates.

Relatives of inmates came to the prison to ask about what happened, and to demand information about their imprisoned relatives.

To control the disturbance, ceresus 3 Elements of the Ninth Motorized Cavalry Regiment and the State Investigation Agency arrived.

For their part, elements of the Municipal Public Security Secretariat carry out searches in several neighboring homes to try to locate the escaped inmates.

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