Prison brawl in Mexico leaves 10 dead
Sixteen others were injured before dozens of security forces were able to restore control.
A deadly prison brawl has erupted in Sinaloa, a state in northwest Mexico, leaving ten individuals dead and over a dozen injured. The incident occurred on Thursday at a prison in Mazatlan, as reported by the local government. According to the Sinaloa public security secretariat, a violent altercation took place within the prison premises, though the cause of the brawl remains undisclosed.
Security forces swiftly regained control of the situation, with armored vehicles and ambulances arriving on the scene. Sinaloa's secretary of public security, Sinuhe Tellez, confirmed in a social media video that nine inmates and a minor visitor were among the deceased, while sixteen inmates sustained injuries.
Sinaloa, notorious for its ongoing struggle between different factions of the powerful Sinaloa drug trafficking cartel, has been designated as one of six Mexican states where the US State Department advises American citizens to exercise extreme caution due to security concerns.
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