16 July 2011

MEXICO: 7 Dead, 59 Escape From N. Laredo Prison; 12 Bodyguards Of Security Chief Slain In Sinaloa.

                                AFP 
  Seven prisoners died during a clash among inmates at a prison in Nuevo Laredo.
  At least 59 escaped after 5 guards fled their posts.
  Officials claim the prison with 1,200 inmates is under control.

AND:  12 police bodyguards of Sinaloa state security chief Francisco Cordova and a bystander were murdered in an ambush near Guasave... as they returned in several vehicles from an event in Los Mochis.

    Cordova had chosen to helicopter back from the event.