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.