MEXICO CITY (AP) — A riot erupted inside a northern Mexico jail over prisoners making an attempt to extort cash from others and 56 inmates have been injured, authorities mentioned Saturday.
Officers mentioned the riot started Friday on the Apodaca jail, simply exterior the town of Monterrey.
Aldo Fasci, the general public security secretary for Nuevo Leon state, mentioned that the accidents have been all attributable to beatings and that no firearms have been concerned.
“There have been no firearms, all of the accidents have been attributable to blows, The top wounds have been attributable to blunt objects, both rocks or in some circumstances by (smashing them) on the ground,” Fasci mentioned.
He mentioned many inmates on the jail work in industrial crops and are often paid on Friday. He mentioned at the very least 5 gangs are extorting cash from different inmates inside jail partitions.
Authorities acknowledge that inmates have been in partial management of the power.
“We've to maintain working to get rid of shared rule” of prisons, Fasci mentioned.
He mentioned a sweep after the state of affairs was introduced below management discovered prohibited cellphones, beer and medicines amongst inmates’ possessions.