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- Gunmen opened fire on prison guards in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
- At least 14 people died in the attack. 24 inmates escaped.
- The prison is on the border with the United States of America.
Men in armored vehicles armed with firearms drove up to the prison in Ciudad Juárez and opened fire on the guards. Ten security forces lost their lives in the process. Four prisoners were also killed, according to the Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office.
13 other people were injured in the attack on Sunday morning local time. According to media reports, the aim of the attack was to free prisoners. In the course of the attack, 24 prisoners were able to escape.
The location of the prison
The city of Ciudad Juárez is located on the US border. On the other side of the border is the Texas city of El Paso. Ciudad Juárez is the fifth most dangerous city in the world in terms of homicides per capita.
Violence is a regular occurrence in Mexico’s often overcrowded prisons. Numerous prisons in the Latin American country are controlled by criminal gangs.
More attacks in the Mexican city
On the day of the attack, attacks did not only occur around the prison. Shortly before the attempted prison storm, police officers in the city were attacked, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Four suspects were arrested and two others killed. During the course of Sunday, the military, together with the police, were able to calm the situation around the prison and bring it under control.
SRF 4 News, January 2, 2023, 1:00 a.m.; agencies/msch
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