At least 14 people were killed, including 10 guards, in the armed attack on a Mexican prison in Ciudad Juárez, on the border with the United States, during which at least 24 inmates fled, local authorities said on Sunday.
The Chihuahua state attorney’s office said in a statement that the attack also injured four people. It happened at dawn, when armed men arrived in armored vehicles and opened fire on the guards.
At the same time, the families of the prisoners were hoping to enter the prison to visit relatives on the occasion of the new year. According to the first elements of the investigation, the objective of the attack was to facilitate the escape of a group of prisoners.
With the help of the army, the police made four arrests, the prosecutor added, without specifying whether they were escaped prisoners or the attackers.
The prison in this city in northern Mexico houses members of the armed forces of the Sinaloa and Juárez cartels, who have been fighting for control of the city for more than fifteen years.
Source: BFM TV
