40 inmates escape in Mexican border town

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Law enforcement officials say 40 inmates have escaped from a jail in the northern Mexican city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas.

Authorities said in a news release that the prisoners were mostly charged under federal law but were being held at the state institution. Details of Thursday's escape were not immediately available.

State leaders in Mexico have complained in the past that they do not have facilities secure enough to accommodate more serious, federally charged prisoners.

Last year guards stood by as more than 50 prisoners walked out of another jail in northern Mexico.

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