At least 14 people, including ten guards, have died in an armed attack on a prison in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on the US border, in which at least 24 prisoners escaped, local authorities said Sunday. four people.
The attack was carried out at dawn, when the militants arrived in armored vehicles and opened fire on the guards.
At the same time, the families of a number of inmates were waiting to enter the prison to visit their relatives on the occasion of the New Year.
According to the materials of the preliminary investigation, the purpose of the attack was to facilitate the escape of a group of prisoners.
The prosecution added that the police arrested four people with the help of the army, without specifying whether they were escaped prisoners or the attackers.