Mexico prison attack kills 14, dozens of inmates escape - CNN

CNN  — 

At slightest 14 radical died successful a brazen equipped battle connected a situation successful the Mexican borderline metropolis of Juarez connected Sunday, officials said.

The Chihuahua authorities lawyer general’s bureau said successful a connection that 10 information guards and 4 prisoners were killed and 13 others were injured.

The incidental began astir 7 a.m. (9 a.m. ET) connected Sunday erstwhile gunmen successful armored vehicles arrived astatine the situation and opened occurrence connected information personnel, the prosecutor’s bureau said.

Authorities said inmates took vantage of the concern and 24 prisoners escaped.

It was not instantly wide who was down the attack.

CNN has reached retired to the lawyer general’s bureau for much details astir the presumption of the investigation.

Ciudad Juarez, conscionable crossed the US-Mexico borderline from El Paso, Texas, is 1 of Mexico’s deadliest cities and an epicenter of cause cartel violence. The rival Juarez and Sinaloa cartels person been warring a bloody turf warfare successful the portion implicit lucrative smuggling routes and for drug-dealing territory successful the city.

Sunday’s unit was not the archetypal clip unit has erupted astatine the prison. Last August, hundreds of Mexican troops were sent determination after a clash betwixt the 2 cartels caused a riot and shootouts that killed 11 people.