At least fourteen people died, including ten guards, in the armed attack on a prison in Ciudad Juarez on Sunday 1is January. The Chihuahua state attorney’s office said the attack also injured four people and at least 24 inmates escaped.
The attack happened at dawn, when gunmen arrived in armored vehicles and opened fire on the guards.
At the same time, families of prisoners were waiting to enter the prison to visit relatives on the occasion of the new year.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the purpose of the attack was to facilitate the escape of a group of prisoners.
Sinaloa and Juarez cartels
With the help of the army, the police made four arrests, added the prosecutor’s office. He did not specify whether they were escaped prisoners or attackers.
The prison in this city in northern Mexico, on the border with the United States, contains members of the armed branches of the Sinaloa and Juarez cartels, who have been fighting for control of the city for more than fifteen years.
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