At least In the fight that broke out inside the prison, 3 people were killed and many injured. From Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez on the US border and with high rates of violence, the Chihuahua State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) reported on Thursday.
The events took place at the Center for Social Reintegration (Cereso) number 3 in Ciudad Juárez. In the statement made by the prosecutor’s office, it was stated that the agents controlled the fight that took place in one of the prison areas. Prisoners they say are part of rival gangs. He noted that the agents involved were from Prison Security and Detention, Municipal Public Security, State Police, State Investigation Agency, Mexican Army, National Guard, and Civil Protection.
In the preliminary report, it was noted that “a fight broke out in one of the prison areas, carried out by deprived persons of rival gangs” at around 13:00 local time. It also announced that “three people who were in custody, who had been notified to the Forensic Medicine Service to determine the causes of death, lost their lives”.
The prosecutor’s office stated in the memo that “operation personnel are on alert to protect the physical integrity of the deprived of liberty and those working there.”