7 inmates are dead after a prison riot in southern Mexico
2 weeks, 5 days ago

7 inmates are dead after a prison riot in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Seven inmates were killed in a prison riot in southern Mexico, when inmates resisting transfers to other jails fought police with guns and knives, authorities said. State police chief Víctor Hugo Chávez said late Thursday that officers were met by gunfire early in the day when they entered the prison to transfer two dangerous inmates to a federal penitentiary. Chávez did not specify if police opened fire on the group, but said: “Authorities have to act to defend their own lives, too.” Fires also broke out in the prison during the riot, and crowds of angry, desperate relatives gathered outside the prison, demanding information about family members locked up inside. President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday the riot would be investigated to see “if there was any collusion” and “to see if the operation was correct and why they found weapons inside the prison.” ____ Follow AP’s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https://apnews.com/hub/latin-america

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Mexico bar shooting: 7 dead, 5 wounded after gunmen open fire in Tabasco
3 days, 6 hours ago

Mexico bar shooting: 7 dead, 5 wounded after gunmen open fire in Tabasco

Live Mint  

A shooting at a bar in southeastern Mexico left seven people dead and five wounded, authorities said Sunday, the latest in a series of similar attacks in the violence-plagued country. The death toll initially stood at five, but the Tabasco public prosecutor's office later said two more people had died in the attack on what it described as "a clandestine …

Six dead and 10 wounded in Mexico bar shooting
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Six dead and 10 wounded in Mexico bar shooting

Deccan Chronicle  

At least six people were killed and 10 wounded early Sunday in an armed attack at a bar in the city of Villahermosa, in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco, local authorities said. "Armed persons" entered the bar "looking for a specific person" and the shots hit those nearby, state deputy prosecutor Gilberto Melquiades said at a press conference, adding …

Mexico mass shooting: Gunmen kill 10 people at bar in Queretaro, horrific CCTV footage surfaces – India TV
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Mexico mass shooting: Gunmen kill 10 people at bar in Queretaro, horrific CCTV footage surfaces – India TV

India TV News  

Mexico City: Gunmen killed 10 people in a bar in the central Mexican state of Queretaro late, authorities said on Saturday, adding to a wave of violent crime that is gripping several areas of the country. The incident took place in a bar in the downtown area of the state's capital, also known as Queretaro, where four gunmen entered, killing …

10 dead as gunmen open fire in central Mexico bar
1 month, 4 weeks ago

10 dead as gunmen open fire in central Mexico bar

Live Mint  

Ten people were killed after gunmen in a truck opened fire in a bar in central Mexico, authorities said on Sunday. The attack on Los Cantaritos bar in Queretaro's downtown district left 10 people dead and at least seven injured, said the city's public security department chief Juan Luis Ferrusca. "Emergency services arrived at the scene and confirmed that at …

Gunmen burst into a Mexican drug rehab center and kill 4 men and wound 2 others
3 months ago

Gunmen burst into a Mexican drug rehab center and kill 4 men and wound 2 others

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Assailants shot to death four men and wounded two others in an attack at a Mexican drug rehabilitation center, officials said Wednesday. Mexico’s privately run drug rehabilitation centers are often abusive, clandestine, unregulated and underfunded. Mexican drug gangs have killed suspected street-level dealers from rival gangs sheltering at such facilities in the past. In 2020, gunmen shot …

At least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern Mexico
3 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as two factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash, authorities said Tuesday. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said that two military personnel were among those killed in the fighting that started Sept. 9, despite the presence of …

Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police come under fire from drug cartels
4 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police come under fire from drug cartels

Associated Press  

TANGAMANDAPIO, Mexico — Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels, authorities said Monday. Adrián López, the chief prosecutor in the western state of Michoacan, confirmed that gunmen linked to drug cartels shot to death seven members of the community police force in the town of Coahuayana over the weekend. The community …

Mexico convicts 11 cartel gunmen in killings of 122 bus passengers near US border over 2 years
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexico convicts 11 cartel gunmen in killings of 122 bus passengers near US border over 2 years

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors finally won convictions — and 50-year prison sentences — Wednesday against 11 drug cartel gunmen for the 2010-2011 massacre of 122 passengers who were pulled off passing buses and forced to fight each other to the death with sledgehammers. Prosecutors in Tamaulipas state said at the time that members of the now-splintered Zetas cartel began …

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before
7 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before

Associated Press  

COTIJA, Mexico — Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role than before in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts. The country’s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted assassinations of mayoral and other local candidates who threaten their control. On Wednesday, the last official …

Gunmen in Ecuador kill 8, injure 8 others in attack in coastal city of Guayaquil as violence surges
9 months, 1 week ago

Gunmen in Ecuador kill 8, injure 8 others in attack in coastal city of Guayaquil as violence surges

The Independent  

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13 charged in Mexican Mafia collection racket in L.A. County jails
9 months, 3 weeks ago

13 charged in Mexican Mafia collection racket in L.A. County jails

LA Times  

A tier of Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles is shown. Authorities this week charged 13 people with collecting money from drug sales and extorted commissary goods inside the Los Angeles County jails on behalf of Michael “Mosca” Torres, a Mexican Mafia member who controlled the jail rackets until his death in July. On a recorded jail phone in …

4 bus and taxi drivers shot to death in violent southern Mexico city
11 months ago

4 bus and taxi drivers shot to death in violent southern Mexico city

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Four bus and taxi drivers were killed Monday following apparently coordinated attacks by gunmen in the city of Chilpancingo, the capital of the southern Pacific coast state of Guerrero. In late January, the tourist town of Taxco endured a days-long strike by private taxi and van drivers who suffered threats from one of several drug gangs fighting …

41 Hostage Prison Workers Are Freed in Ecuador
11 months, 3 weeks ago

41 Hostage Prison Workers Are Freed in Ecuador

News 18  

More than 40 Ecuador prison officials taken hostage by inmates have been freed, the prisons authority said Saturday, as the country grapples with a brutal campaign of gang terror. The 24 guards and 17 administrative employees “were released,” the SNAI prisons authority said without providing details, while 133 guards and three employees continue to be held hostage. The guards and …

At least 11 dead after clash between gang and villagers in central Mexico
1 year, 1 month ago

At least 11 dead after clash between gang and villagers in central Mexico

Al Jazeera  

At least 11 people have been killed in a violent confrontation between suspected gang members and residents of a small farming town in central Mexico, authorities have said. Local media said gunmen belonging to Familia Michoacana, a drug cartel blamed for the massacre of 20 people in neighbouring Guerrero state last year, had arrived at the village demanding local farmers …

11 ex-police officers sentenced in 2021 killings of 17 migrants and 2 others in northern Mexico
1 year, 1 month ago

11 ex-police officers sentenced in 2021 killings of 17 migrants and 2 others in northern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A court in Mexico sentenced 11 former police officers to 50 years in prison each for the 2021 slayings of 17 migrants and two Mexican citizens, authorities said Tuesday. It later came out that the state police officers involved in the killings knew their shell casing might give them away, so they apparently picked them up. The …

Mexico deploys 300 National Guard troopers to area where 13 police officers were killed in an ambush
1 year, 2 months ago

Mexico deploys 300 National Guard troopers to area where 13 police officers were killed in an ambush

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government sent 300 National Guard troopers to bolster the southern state of Guerrero on Tuesday, where a local police chief and 12 officers were shot dead in a brutal ambush the day before. Announcing the reinforcements in his morning news conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador mourned the victims and called the attack “practically an …

Day of bloodshed in southwest Mexico kills at least 19 people, including police and officials
1 year, 2 months ago

Day of bloodshed in southwest Mexico kills at least 19 people, including police and officials

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A local security secretary and 12 police officers were shot dead in Guerrero state Monday, authorities said, the worst episode in a day of violence across southwestern Mexico that killed at least 19 people. Another person was slain in the Guerrero state capital and five people, including a police officer, were killed in the neighboring state of …

Gruesome video circulating on social media recalls darkest days of Mexico’s drug cartel brutality
1 year, 4 months ago

Gruesome video circulating on social media recalls darkest days of Mexico’s drug cartel brutality

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A gruesome video circulated Wednesday on social media may have recorded the last moments of five kidnapped young men, and has transported Mexico back to the darkest days of drug cartel brutality in the 2000s. Luis Méndez Ruiz, the Jalisco state attorney general, said Tuesday that the men seen in the video “could be the five men …

Over 90 prison guards are being held hostage by inmates across five different prisons in Ecuador
1 year, 5 months ago

Over 90 prison guards are being held hostage by inmates across five different prisons in Ecuador

CNN  

CNN — Ecuador’s government has declared a state of emergency in two provinces after its security crisis escalated over the weekend with the killing of a mayor and uprisings in several penitentiaries across the country. More than 90 prison security agents are currently being held by inmates across five different prisons in Ecuador, according to the country’s penitentiary service SNAI. …

Eleven killed after drunk man returns to fire-bomb bar in Mexico border city
1 year, 5 months ago

Eleven killed after drunk man returns to fire-bomb bar in Mexico border city

The Independent  

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Guns, grenades and deadly riots: The struggle for control of some of Central America’s most notorious prisons
1 year, 6 months ago

Guns, grenades and deadly riots: The struggle for control of some of Central America’s most notorious prisons

The Independent  

It is one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence Honduras has faced within its long-troubled prison system. Such violence is an issue that has plagued the Honduras prison system for two decades and beyond – with the National Commissioner for Human Rights in Honduras calling on authorities to step up their efforts to try and contain gangs, who control many …

More than 40 women killed in Honduran prison riot
1 year, 6 months ago

More than 40 women killed in Honduran prison riot

Al Jazeera  

A grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras on Tuesday has left at least 41 women dead in an outburst of violence that the country’s president blamed on “mara” street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries. — Xiomara Castro de Zelaya June 20, 2023 Local media interviewed one injured inmate outside the hospital who said prisoners belonging …

Death toll in Mexico migrant detention center fire up to 40
1 year, 9 months ago

Death toll in Mexico migrant detention center fire up to 40

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The death toll in a fire last week at a migrant detention center in a Mexican border city has risen to 40, after one of the injured men died while being flown to a specialized hospital in Mexico City. That migrant, along with three officials from the National Immigration Institute and two private security guards at the …

Central American gangs raising fears in southern Mexico
1 year, 11 months ago

Central American gangs raising fears in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — With threatening phone calls, burned minibuses and at least three drivers shot to death, street gangs more closely associated with Central America are imposing their brand of terror-based extortion on public transportation drivers in southern Mexico. Organized crime groups including the rival Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 gangs have long maintained a presence along the border between …

At least 29 people killed in violence following arrest of Mexican cartel boss El Chapo’s son
2 years ago

At least 29 people killed in violence following arrest of Mexican cartel boss El Chapo’s son

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 29 people …

In troubled Mexico prison, inmates ruled their cell blocks
2 years ago

In troubled Mexico prison, inmates ruled their cell blocks

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A violent prison break in …

In Mexican border prison where 30 escaped in deadly attack, inmates ruled cellblocks
2 years ago

In Mexican border prison where 30 escaped in deadly attack, inmates ruled cellblocks

LA Times  

The Mexican National Guard patrols outside a state prison in Ciudad Juarez on Sunday after a deadly prison break. A violent prison break in which 30 inmates escaped and 17 people — mostly guards — were killed has revealed a shocking level of self-rule by inmates inside the prison in Ciudad Juarez, on the northern Mexico border. Despite the prison’s …

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17
2 years ago

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17

The Independent  

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Mexican border prison attack leaves 10 guards, four inmates killed
2 years ago

Mexican border prison attack leaves 10 guards, four inmates killed

Firstpost  

**Mexico City:**Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to state officials. The Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that around 7 a.m. various armored vehicles arrived at the prison and gunmen opened fire on guards. In …

14 killed in attack on prison in Mexico border city
2 years ago

14 killed in attack on prison in Mexico border city

Al Jazeera  

Ten prison guards and four inmates killed after gunmen attack prison in Ciudad Juarez, say officials. Gunmen have attacked a Mexican prison in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, leaving at least 14 people dead and allowing 24 inmates to escape, according to state officials. The Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Sunday that the attackers …

14 killed in attack on Mexican border prison
2 years ago

14 killed in attack on Mexican border prison

The Independent  

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Ten killed as gang bosses’ transfer sparks prison riot in Ecuador
2 years, 1 month ago

Ten killed as gang bosses’ transfer sparks prison riot in Ecuador

Al Jazeera  

Ecuador has experienced eight prison riots which have left about 400 inmates dead since February 2021. Ten inmates have been killed in a riot at a prison in Ecuador’s capital Quito, which authorities said took place as a result of the government’s decision to relocate three crime bosses to a high-security facility. The prison riot and killings are the latest …

Drug gang kills 20 in attack on city hall in southern Mexico
2 years, 3 months ago

Drug gang kills 20 in attack on city hall in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

SAN MIGUEL TOTOLAPAN, Mexico — A drug gang shot to death 20 people, including a mayor and his father, in the mountains of the southern Mexico state of Guerrero, officials said Thursday. The Guerrero state security council said gunmen burst into the town hall in the village of San Miguel Totolapan Wednesday and opened fire on a meeting the mayor …

At least 15 killed in latest Ecuador prison riot
2 years, 3 months ago

At least 15 killed in latest Ecuador prison riot

Al Jazeera  

South American nation’s prison agency says 14 people were taken to hospital and work is under way to identify the dead. At least 15 prisoners have been killed and many wounded in the latest riot to hit Ecuador’s troubled prison system. Monday’s rioting at the Cotopaxi No 1 jail in Latacunga left “15 people dead and 20 injured,” said a …

Mexico cartel violence leaves several dead and property destroyed after week of fighting
2 years, 4 months ago

Mexico cartel violence leaves several dead and property destroyed after week of fighting

ABC  

Two Mexican cities along the border with the United States are on high alert after a week of cartel violence across the country. Key points: Dozens of cars have been hijacked and burned during a week of cartel violence Tijuana's mayor has urged cartels to keep the violence between themselves and not innocent civilians Widespread violence started earlier in the …

Ecuador says 12 killed in latest deadly prison riot
2 years, 5 months ago

Ecuador says 12 killed in latest deadly prison riot

Al Jazeera  

Authorities lower death toll from 13 after riot at Bellavista prison as work continues to identify dismembered bodies. “Crime scene investigation teams have collected 45 human parts in the Santo Domingo penitentiary, which are 12 bodies and not 13,” Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo said on Twitter on Tuesday. The incident is the latest bout of deadly violence to grip Ecuador’s …

Dozens of people dead in Colombia prison riot
2 years, 6 months ago

Dozens of people dead in Colombia prison riot

Al Jazeera  

Forty-nine people have been killed and 30 injured during attempted escape from prison in Tulua, officials say. At least 49 people have died and dozens were injured in a fire during an apparent riot in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, according to officials. General Tito Castellanos, the head of the national prisons agency, said on Tuesday …

10 gunmen dead in shootout with police in central Mexico
2 years, 6 months ago

10 gunmen dead in shootout with police in central Mexico

India TV News  

Highlights A shootout between police, soldiers and gunmen in central Mexico left ten suspects dead Prosecutors in the State of Mexico said 3 detectives were also wounded in the gun battle The shooting occurred on Tuesday about 80 miles southwest of Mexico City in the town of Texcaltitlan A shootout between police, soldiers and gunmen in central Mexico left ten …

Seven bodies found dumped at Mexico tourist area
2 years, 6 months ago

Seven bodies found dumped at Mexico tourist area

The Independent  

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5 teens, elderly woman dead after gunmen open fire on students in Mexico
2 years, 7 months ago

5 teens, elderly woman dead after gunmen open fire on students in Mexico

India Today  

Gunmen killed five high school students and an adult in a street shooting in central Mexico, local authorities said on Tuesday. "Unfortunately we can say that a few hours ago in the Barron community six people lost their lives in an armed attack," said Cesar Prieto, mayor of the city in Guanajuato state. The mass shooting happened just two weeks …

Dozens dead in latest Ecuador prison riot
2 years, 8 months ago

Dozens dead in latest Ecuador prison riot

Al Jazeera  

Authorities say at least 43 people killed after a fight broke out between rival gangs at prison 80km from Quito. Dozens of people have been killed in a fight between rival gangs inside a prison in Ecuador, the public prosecutor’s office said, in the latest instance of deadly prison violence in the South American nation. Authorities said a fight broke …

20 killed, 5 injured in Ecuador prison riot
2 years, 9 months ago

20 killed, 5 injured in Ecuador prison riot

LA Times  

A clash between prison gangs armed with guns and knives left 20 people dead, Ecuadorian officials said Monday, adding that authorities had fully regained control of the penitentiary. Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo said five of the dead had been mutilated, six hanged and one poisoned during the clash Sunday in Turi, about 190 miles south of the capital, Quito. Carrillo …

19 Bodies Found After Shooting in Central Mexico
2 years, 9 months ago

19 Bodies Found After Shooting in Central Mexico

News 18  

Nineteen people were shot and killed in central Mexico on Sunday, the State Attorney General’s Office said in a statement. The attack was believed to be motivated by “revenge” by one cell of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel against another, deputy security minister Ricardo Mejia said. Earlier this month gunmen killed nine people in an attack on a house in …

19 killed in shootout in central Mexico
2 years, 9 months ago

19 killed in shootout in central Mexico

India Today  

Nineteen people were shot and killed in central Mexico on Sunday, the State Attorney General's Office said in a statement. Federal authorities are working "with the aim of capturing those responsible for the violent acts," the office of Michoacan's secretary of public security said on Twitter. The attack was believed to be motivated by "revenge" by one cell of the …

Mexico shooting: Gunmen kill 20 in Michoacan state
2 years, 9 months ago

Mexico shooting: Gunmen kill 20 in Michoacan state

Al Jazeera  

The attack took place in Michoacan state, which has been at the centre of spiraling drug-cartel violence in the country. At least 20 people have been killed and several others wounded in a mass shooting in central Mexico, authorities have said, in one of the deadliest attacks in recent years. Michoacan and neighbouring Guanajuato state have seen years of violence …

5 suspected cartel gunmen dead in massive Mexico firefight
2 years, 9 months ago

5 suspected cartel gunmen dead in massive Mexico firefight

The Independent  

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Mexico investigating reports of 17 people shot dead during wake
2 years, 10 months ago

Mexico investigating reports of 17 people shot dead during wake

Al Jazeera  

Video shared widely on social media shows people lined up against a wall in Michoacan state before gunshots ring out. Mexico is investigating reports that around 17 people were executed in the state of Michoacan, after a gruesome video showed gunmen storming a funeral wake during the weekend and dragging mourners outside to be killed. Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez …

Six bodies found hanging in violence-ridden Mexican state
3 years, 1 month ago

Six bodies found hanging in violence-ridden Mexican state

Al Jazeera  

The state of Zacatecas has seen an increase in violence this year as cartels jockey for control of drug smuggling routes. The bodies of six people have been found hanging from a bridge and a tree in an area of northern Mexico shaken by cartel turf wars. The discoveries were made in Fresnillo in the state of Zacatecas on Tuesday, …

Ecuador pardons some inmates after deadly prison riots
3 years, 1 month ago

Ecuador pardons some inmates after deadly prison riots

Al Jazeera  

Ecuador is seeking to ease overcrowding in its prisons after gang-linked riots killed more than 300 people this year. Ecuador’s president has pardoned some prisoners in an effort to ease overcrowding in the country’s prisons following a string of riots that left more than 300 people dead this year. In a statement late on Monday, Guillermo Lasso’s press office said …

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