Nineteen killed in Mexico prison riot

Once again a riot in a Mexico prison where guns were used , By the Prisoners !

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Nineteen people died and at least another 20 were hurt in a prison fight on Friday in the northern Mexican state of Durango, a security official said.

Many of the dead were shot in the clash between rival gangs at the prison in the town of Gomez Palacios, said Barbara Ramirez, a spokeswoman for the state security minister.

"We are currently trying to find out how these weapons got into the prison," she said. The prison holds inmates seen as low or medium security risks.

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