Infamous Las Marias Island Prison Outside PV to Close The Associated Press
go to original February 19, 2019

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MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he will close a famed island penal colony off the country’s Pacific coast.

Lopez Obrador says the federal prison on the largest of the Islas Marias will be converted into a cultural and environmental education centre. About 200 of its approximately 600 inmates will be released, with the rest relocated to other prisons.

The prison founded in 1905 on Maria Madre passed through periods of infamous brutality. When Panama closed its Isla Coiba penal colony in 2004, Isla Marias was the last one remaining in the Americas.

Lopez Obrador said Monday the new cultural centre will be named after Jose Revueltas, who was imprisoned there and wrote the novel “Walls of Water.”

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Editors note: Because of the high security around the islands, the boats have had to make a wide berth around the islands. If this change happens, there will be a lot of happy anglers around the islands because of the great fishing and a wonderful opportunity for locals and tourists in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit to experience an incredible location and contribute to the local ecological efforts.
 

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