Authorities Received Warning About Monterrey Prison Riot Months in Advance JP Carroll - The Daily Caller
go to original February 13, 2016

Relatives still waiting outside Mexico’s 49-dead prison (New China TV)

Update: Warden of Monterrey Prison Where 49 Died Is Arrested (EFE)

The Thursday morning Topo Chico prison riot between warring cartels in Monterrey, Mexico, could have been prevented if warnings dating back to June 2015 had been taken seriously. The cartels set the prison ablaze, and 49 people died along with 12 others injured in the chaos that ensued.

National Commission of Human Rights of Mexico (CNDH) in June 2015 handed a notice to the Governor of Nuevo Leon state, where the prison is located, telling them that the living conditions of prisons in the state violated human rights states Milenio. The CNDH went on to denounce cartel control of prison life in the state prison system.

The CNDH also stated at the time that it was aware prisoners were facing punishment at the hands of cartels if they did not comply with the systemic corruption of the prison system.

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Related: Mexico’s Prisons Are Hellholes of Fear Straight Out of Dante (El Daily Post)

Related: Inmates Tortured Into Giving Details About Deadly Mexico Riot, Relatives Say (Latin American Herald Tribune)

Related: Authorities Don’t Know Who 4 Riot Victims Are (Mexico News Daily)

Related: Cartel Boss Behind Mexican Prison Massacre Linked to American’s Death (Breitbart)

Related: Questions Raised About What Happened in Mexican Prison Brawl ( Associated Press)

Related: Three Guards Charged in Riot at Topo Chico Lockup (The Canadian Press)

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