Report: 191 Prisoners Escape Mexico Border Jail

More than 140 inmates flee prison on Mexico-U.S. border
By Robin Emmott MONTERREY, Mexico | Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:41pm EST MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - More than 140 inmates escaped from a Prison near the U.S. border on Friday, the latest breach of Mexico's notoriously insecure prisons that are helping to feed a brutal Drug War. The 149 Prisoners slowly filed out the main entrance of the Prison on the outskirts of Nuevo Laredo in the early hours of Friday, said two police sources in northern Tamaulipas state. "They left by the front door, which poin...

Mexico Border Prison Escape Frees 140 Inmates
Mexico City — About 140 inmates escaped Friday from a state Prison in the northern Mexico Border city of Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas. The federal Interior Department blamed the breakout on local authorities, saying they did not properly guard the facility. "The absence of effective methods of guarding and control by local authorities is deplorable, and it has caused frequent escapes from prisons that put the public at risk," the department said in a statement. It c...

141 inmates escape Mexican border prison
Mexico City — Nearly 150 inmates escaped Friday from a state Prison in the northern Mexico Border city of Nuevo Laredo, and authorities said the breakout was probably helped by Prison employees. The Public Safety department of Tamaulipas state, where the Prison is located near the border with Laredo, Texas, said 141 inmates got out through a service entrance used by vehicles, "presumably with the assistance of the Prison staff." The department said the prison’s director could not be...

About 140 inmates escape Mexican border prison
MEXICO CITY - Nearly 150 inmates escaped Friday from a state Prison in the northern Mexico Border city of Nuevo Laredo, and authorities said the breakout was probably helped by Prison employees. The Public Safety department of Tamaulipas state, where the Prison is located near the border with Laredo, Texas, said 141 inmates got out through a service entrance used by vehicles, "presumably with the assistance of the Prison staff." The department said the prison's director could not be locate...

(More than 140) Mexico prisoners in 'mass jail break' near US border
Source: BBC More than 140 Mexican Prisoners have escaped from a jail near the US border, local media reports say. The Prisoners - many of them believed to be serving sentences for drugs offences - broke out of the jail in Nuevo Laredo early on Friday morning. The city lies just across the border from Laredo, Texas. Mexico's Prison system is struggling to cope with an influx of violent offenders arrested in the government's campaign against the cartels. Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-...

Inmates flee prison in Mexico; bomb targets police
By Robin Emmott and Gabriela Lopez MONTERREY, Mexico | Fri Dec 17, 2010 4:46pm EST MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - More than 140 inmates escaped from a Prison in Nuevo Laredo on the U.S. border on Friday while hours later suspected hitmen blew up a car near Monterrey in a burst of violence in Mexico's brutal Drug War. The 149 Prisoners slowly filed out the main entrance of a Prison in Nuevo Laredo across from Texas in the early hours of Friday, said two police sources in northern Tamaulipas sta...

Inmates flee prison in Mexico; bomb targets police
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - More than 140 inmates escaped from a Prison in Nuevo Laredo on the U.S. border on Friday while hours later suspected hitmen blew up a car near Monterrey in a burst of violence in Mexico's brutal Drug War. The 149 Prisoners slowly filed out the main entrance of a Prison in Nuevo Laredo across from Texas in the early hours of Friday, said two police sources in northern Tamaulipas state, in a brazen move underscoring Mexico's weak Prison system. Later on Friday in the ...

141 convicts escape Mexican prison on US border
At least 141 inmates escaped from a Mexican Prison near the US border by walking through a service entrance onto vehicles helped by staff, an official said. "Early investigations show the inmates left through the service entrance for vehicles and were obviously helped by Prison staff; there's no doubt about that," said Tamaulipas state Public Safety Secretary Antonio Garza. The Prison warden was "listed as missing" after the break-out, he said, without adding further detail. He said at least 141...

141 convicts escape Mexican prison on US border
At least 141 inmates escaped from a Mexican Prison near the US border by walking through a service entrance onto vehicles helped by staff, an official said. "Early investigations show the inmates left through the service entrance for vehicles and were obviously helped by Prison staff; there's no doubt about that," said Tamaulipas state Public Safety Secretary Antonio Garza. The Prison warden was "listed as missing" after the break-out, he said, without adding further detail. He said at least ...

Dozens of inmates flee Mexican jail
MONTERREY, Mexico - More than 140 inmates escaped via the main entrance of a Prison near the U.S. border Friday in the biggest Mexican Jailbreak since the government began its war on drugs four years ago. Hours later, suspected hitmen blew up a car outside a Police Station near the business hub of Monterrey in the latest act of brinkmanship between drug gangs and officials. In a brazen move underscoring Mexico’s weak Prison system, inmates slowly filed out of the main vehicle entrance of a...

Inmates flee prison in Mexico; bomb targets police
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - More than 140 inmates escaped via the main entrance of a Prison near the U.S. border on Friday in the biggest Mexican Jailbreak since the government began its war on drugs four years ago. Hours later, suspected hitmen blew up a car outside a Police Station near the business hub of Monterrey in the latest act of brinkmanship between drug gangs and officials. In a brazen move underscoring Mexico's weak Prison system, inmates slowly filed out of the main vehicle entra...

191 prisoners flee Mexico jail near U.S. border
MONTERREY, Mexico — At least 191 Prisoners escaped from a Prison near the U.S. border on Friday, the latest breach of Mexico's notoriously insecure jails that are helping to feed a violent Drug War. The Prisoners broke out of a Prison on the outskirts of Nuevo Laredo across from Laredo, Texas, in the early hours of Friday, local media said. "They left by the front door, which points to complicity of the Prison guards," said a police source who declined to be named for security reason...

Mexico: Over 12,000 dead in drug wars
Published: Dec. 17, 2010 at 7:45 AM Mexico City, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- More than 12,000 people have died this year as a result of Mexico's Drug Wars although the number could be higher, officials said. Through Nov. 30, 12,456 people were killed, making 2010 the deadliest year since Mexican President Felipe Calderon began a government crackdown against traffickers in 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported. The death toll since the start of the drug war is nearly 30,200, said Mexican Attorney Gen. Arturo...

140 inmates escape Mexican prison
Published: Dec. 18, 2010 at 12:35 AM NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- At least 140 Prisoners were on the loose Friday in northern Mexico after breaking out of a Prison in Nuevo Laredo, authorities said. The mass escape occurred Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported. It was the third this year in Tamaulipas, a state that has become a stronghold for the Gulf Cartel. Antonio Garza Garcia, the provincial Public Safety secretary, said the inmates are believed to have escaped through service ...

Huge prison break in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico across border from Texas
Image by J. Stephen Conn via Flickr Texas Tribune: Texas Law Enforcement agencies have confirmed earlier reports that a massive Prison Break took place in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, which sits just across from Laredo, Texas at the southern end of the I-35 corridor. ... At least 140 Prisoners escaped from the Prison, Baeza said, though that number is believed to be a conservative estimate. Mexican media outlet El Universal reported this morning that the number of escapees could exceed 190. ... T...

Border murder: Napolitano finally makes herself available to AZ Sheriff (Video)
Delayed by Bad Weather, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitino should be in Arizona anytime in response to the recent Murder   of U.S. Border agent and former Marine,  48 year old Bryan Terry. The agent was  murdered in a remote area just a few miles north of the border of  Arizona when gunmen opened fire in Nogales.  Four people are now in custody and a Manhunt continues for a fifth. Fox News reports that Napolitano finally  plans to  make herself a...

Mexico prisoners 'in jail break'
More than 140 Mexican Prisoners have escaped from a jail near the US border, local media reports say. The Prisoners - many of them believed to be serving sentences for drugs offences - broke out of the jail in Nuevo Laredo early on Friday morning. The city lies just across the border from Laredo, Texas. Mexico's Prison system is struggling to cope with an influx of violent offenders arrested in the government's campaign against the cartels. ...

Census Bureau: Higher-than-Average Poverty Rates for Most Counties on U.S.-Mexico Border
Thursday, December 16, 2010 By Dan Joseph Border vehicle fence in New Mexico (El Paso district). (Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol) (CNSNews.com) - U.S. counties that border Mexico have Poverty rates well above the national average and median income levels that are well below the national average. According to the Census Bureau’s Small Area Poverty and Income Estimates for 2009, the average percentage of those living below the Poverty level in the 23 counties that border...

Janet Napolitano's CYA: Heading to border after murder of Border agent
- Jennifer of Cubachi Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry who was shot and killed Tuesday night after a gun battle at the Arizona - Mexico Border.  Napolitano, will arrive in Arizona tomorrow to save face after the Obama administrations abysmal record when it comes to securing our borders. ...

Janet Napolitanos CYA: Heading to border after murder of Border agent
Posted by Jennifer Caballero on Dec 15 2010 Filed under Nat'l Security, News & Opinion, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry who was shot and killed Tuesday night after a gun battle at the Arizona - Mexico Border. Napolitano, will arrive in Arizona tomorrow to save face after the Obama administrations abysmal record when it comes to securing our borders. ...

Mass jailbreak in Mexican border city
MEXICO CITY: At least 159 inmates have escaped from a Prison in the north-eastern Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo. ''There were 159 inmates who apparently left through the main entrance,'' an official with the city's penitentiary system said. Between January and September, an estimated 200 Prisoners have escaped from prisons in Tamaulipas, where Nuevo Laredo is located. The area is the scene of a bloody struggle between rival drug gangs the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas. They are battling for co...

Mexico drug war dead above 30,000
More than 30,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon took office four years ago, the government says. Almost 12,500 have been killed so far this year, a sharp increase on 2009. Mexico's attorney-general said the number of Deaths was "regrettable", but showed that the security forces were having success in their fight against the drugs gangs. President Calderon has sent thousands of Troops to battle the cartels. The latest figures w...

More than 12,000 killed in Mexican drug war this year, officials say
Reporting from Mexico City — More than 12,000 people have died this year in Mexico's Drug War, officials said Thursday, making it the deadliest year since President Felipe Calderon launched a government crackdown against traffickers in 2006. The federal Attorney General's office said 12,456 people were killed through Nov. 30. The overall death toll since the launch of the drug war stands at 30,196, according to figures given to reporters during a year-end breakfast session with Atty. Ge...

More than 12,000 killed in Mexican drug war this year, officials say
The overall death toll in the 4-year-old war is said to be 30,196, but it could be higher. A Top Official says recent operations against cartels have weakened them. By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times 4:30 PM PST, December 16, 2010 Reporting from Mexico City More than 12,000 people have died this year in Mexico's Drug War, officials said Thursday, making it the deadliest year since President Felipe Calderon launched a government crackdown against traffickers in 2006. The federal attorney gen...

30,000 killed in Mexico's drug violence since 2006
MEXICO CITY - Mexico says more than 30,000 people have been killed in drug violence since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown against cartels in 2006. Attorney General Arturo Chavez Chavez says that about 12,500 people were killed between January and November compared to 9,600 for all of 2009. He spoke to reporters on Thursday. The most recent official toll of the Drug War dead came in August, when the intelligence agency director said 28,000 had died....