Riot policemen keep watch as smoke rises from inside the Cadereyta prison after a riot broke out at the prison, in Cadereyta, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, on Monday. (Reuters photo)MEXICO CITY - Two inmates were killed and 13 injured during a prison riot in northern Mexico, the government of the state of Nuevo Leon said on Tuesday, the second fatal security breach within a week in the country's troubled prison system. On Monday, two guards and five prisoners were hurt after inmates blocked corridors in the facility with burning mattresses. On Friday, three inmates died in a prison riot in the neighbouring state of Tamaulipas after a jailbreak. In February 2016, 49 people were killed in a massive gang fight in the Topo Chico prison in Monterrey.

Source: Bangkok Post March 29, 2017 05:15 UTC