Over 130 Mexican Prison Escapees On U.S. Border

Reuters is reporting over 130 prisoners in Mexico's prisons busted out and are now on the border that Mexico shares with the United States. The jailbreak is considered to be the one of the worst in Mexico's recent history:

Homero Ramos, attorney general of the northern state of Coahuila, said 132 inmates of the prison in the city of Piedras Negras had got out through the tunnel in an old carpentry workshop, then cut the wire surrounding the complex.

Corrupt prison officials may have helped the inmates escape, said Jorge Luis Moran, chief of public security in Coahuila, adding that U.S. authorities had been alerted to help capture the fugitives if they try to cross the border.

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