Dec 17, 2010

191 inmates flee Mexican jail near Laredo, Texas

03:17 PM

At least 191 inmates escaped this morning from a Mexican jail across the border from Laredo, Texas, TV station KGBT reports. Local police said the number could rise.

Earlier, the Mexican newspaper El Universal said more than 140 prisoners broke out of the Centro de Ejecuciones de Sanciones in Nuevo Laredo.

In September, 85 prisoners reportedly used a ladder to escape the jail in Reynosa.

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