Monday, July 26, 2010

Jail Guards ‘Let Mexican Gang Inmates Out To Kill’

Jail Guards ‘Let Mexican Gang Inmates Out To Kill’


Katie Cassidy
Sky News
July 26, 2010

Mexican prison guards allowed inmates to walk out of jail with borrowed guns and drive away in official cars so they could carry out drug-related killings, according to authorities.

Following the murders, which included a massacre at a private party last week, the criminals dutifully returned to their cells, Mexico’s attorney general’s office claimed.

Four staff – including a prison director – have been placed under a form of house arrest while investigations continue, but no one has yet been charged.

“According to witnesses, the inmates were allowed to leave with authorisation of the prison director … to carry out instructions for revenge attacks using official vehicles and using guards’ weapons for executions,” office spokesman Ricardo Najera said.

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