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50 guards accused of conspiring in Matamoros prison break

It was suspected from the get-go that guards helped pull off a mass prison break recently in the border town of Matamoros, but according to TV news coverage in the Valley:Mexican authorities have filed criminal charges against 50 jail guards at a state prison just outside Matamoros.Action 4 News first reported the escape of 41 prisoners at the "Centro de Ejecución de Sanciones" in Matamoros.The prisoners remain at large but an investigation revealed that they may have had help from two guards who remain missing.The Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) is now reporting that 50 jail guards are facing criminal charges for their alleged roles in the prisoners' escape.PGR officials confirmed that at least 35 of the escaped prisoners were being jailed for federal crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 01, 2010 (boomark / email).