More than 130 prisoners are on the run in Mexico after a mass breakout from a jail close to the US border
Mexico mass jailbreak sparks manhunt near Texas border
The state government has offered rewards for information leading to the arrest of prisonersMore than 130 prisoners are on the run in Mexico after a mass breakout from a jail close to the US border.
The inmates escaped through a tunnel dug out from the prison's carpentry workshop to a perimeter fence.
The prison director and two other employees are being held over the incident at the facility in Coahuila, the state's attorney general said.
A massive manhunt is under way, and the US authorities are on alert in case any escapees attempt to cross the border.
Some 132 men managed to escape from the prison in the city of Piedras Negras, which borders Eagle Pass in Texas to the north.
One by one, the inmates fled through a tunnel measuring 2.9m (9.5 ft) deep and 7m long, attorney general Homero Ramos said in a statement broadcast on local TV.
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Guards held over Mexico jailbreak
Mexican authorities have detained a prison governor and some 40 guards after an armed gang managed to free 53 inmates from a jail in central Mexico. (This one happened in Zacatecas and is different from the one described above)
Mexico prison riot: Apodaca boss and guards arrested (and this one is also different from the two listed above)
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