Mexico prison riot leaves eight dead, seven injured

A riot that occurred Tuesday in a prison in western Mexico left eight dead and seven wounded. With this they add two violent events that have been registered in less than a month in Mexican prisons.

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The incident occurred after nine in the morning at the Social Rehabilitation Center (Cereso) in the state of Colima, where two groups of inmates clashed in the prison’s dormitory areas, the entity’s Public Security Secretariat said in a statement. without specifying the causes that motivated the fight.

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Shortly after, elements of the state police, the National Guard and the Secretary of National Defense came to the scene to secure the perimeter and enter the center. At ten in the morning the security forces regained control of the Cereso.

The Secretary of Public Security said that after entering two of the prison’s dormitories, seven deceased inmates and another eight wounded were located, who were transferred to health centers. One of the injured later died in a hospital unit.

During the inspections of the bedrooms, the authorities located various sharp weapons and a firearm.

In a prison in the northern state of Nuevo León, a riot occurred on January 7 that left 56 prisoners injured. The incident was triggered by a dispute between groups of extortionists for 70 pesos and a mattress.

Violent events in Mexican prisons are common. According to figures from the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) of Mexico, during 2020 there were 926 fights, 70 homicides and eight riots in the prison system.

Analysts attribute the situation of violence in Mexican prisons to overcrowding, the growth of the prison population and the scarce custody personnel, who in many cases have low salaries, which favors corruption.

In Mexico there are 288 detention centers with a capacity for 217,000 inmates, but the prison population is 223,416 inmates.

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