MEXICO City – Sixteen inmates were killed and five wounded in a prison fight in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, authorities said.
The fight broke out on Tuesday afternoon at the Regional Center for Social Reintegration in the town of Cieneguillas, the state government said.
After the fight, one inmate was arrested with a firearm, and three more guns were found in the prison, as well as various knives. Further searches will be conducted at the prison to rule out the presence of additional weapons, Public Security Minister Ismael Camberos said.
The government has launched an investigation to determine those responsible for the incident and how the weapons entered the prison.
Mexican prisons have long been plagued by violence.
In 2017, at least 28 inmates were killed when a brutal fight broke out in a prison in Acapulco.(Reuters)
