It was not immediately clear how many people were killed in the fight and how many were killed by security forces, he said.
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At least 13 dead after prison fight in northern Mexico
11 October 2017
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At least 13 people were dead after a fight broke out between rival gangs in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon and security troops were sent in to quell the riot, a state security official Aldo Fasci said on Tuesday, Chanel New Asia reported.
Fasci told reporters that security forces entered the Cadereyta prison outside the city of Monterrey and used deadly force to protect prison guards and other inmates.
It was not immediately clear how many people were killed in the fight and how many were killed by security forces, he said.
It was not immediately clear how many people were killed in the fight and how many were killed by security forces, he said.
