Altamira prison brawl
Altamira prison brawl | |
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Part of Mexican Drug War | |
Coordinates | 22°20′N 97°52′W / 22.333°N 97.867°W |
Date | 4 January 2012 |
Target | Gulf Cartel |
Attack type | Mass murder |
Deaths | 31 |
Injured | 13 |
Motive | Gang rivalry |
The Altamira prison brawl was a deadly fight that occurred on 4 January 2012 in Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico.[1] Officials from the state of Tamaulipas confirmed that 31 people were killed, with another thirteen injured.[2] The fight started after a drug gang burst into a section of the prison where they were banned from, attacking their rival gang housed there, triggering the fight.[3] During the altercation, the inmates used several kinds of cold weapons (non-firearms) to kill their opponents.[4] The prisoners also used sticks and knives to massacre the members of the rival gang.[5]
Alejandro Poiré Romero, Mexico's Secretary of the Interior, pledged to work with the state of Tamaulipas.[6] In addition, the United Nations condemned the massacre and asked for the National Human Rights Commission to "monitor conditions of detention throughout Mexico."[7]
Causes
The state government of Tamaulipas reported that a group of inmates entered a prohibited area inside the prison and attacked the members of their rival gang.[8] Local media indicated that the brawl was between the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, two drug cartels that fight for territory in the northeastern part of Mexico. La Jornada newspaper, in addition, said that prison in Altamira had the capacity to house 2,000 prisoners, but actually had more than 3,000.[9]
Past incidents
Prison killings
On 15 October 2011, in the border city of
On 26 July 2011 in
On 19 February 2012, in the city of
In
References
- ^ Klerigan, Efrain (4 January 2012). "Mexico Prison Fight: 31 Killed in Altamira". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) "Pelea entre presos deja 31 muertos en México". BBC News. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- The Global Post. 5 January 2012. Archived from the originalon 19 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) "Riña en penal de Altamira, Tamaulipas, deja 31 muertos". Televisa. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- Terra Networks. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) "Batalla en penal de Altamira deja 31 muertos y 13 heridos". Milenio. 5 January 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish and English) "Palabras de la Portavoz de la Sra. Navi Pillay, Alta Comisionada de la ONU-DH sobre los hechos del pasado domingo en el reclusorio de Apodaca Nuevo León" (PDF). El Universal. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) "COMUNICADO DE LA SECRETARIA DE SEGURIDAD PÚBLICA DEL ESTADO". Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas, México. 4 January 2012. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ "31 internos muertos y 13 heridos tras una riña en el reclusorio de Altamira". La Jornada. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ Chapa, Sergio (15 October 2011). "20 inmates killed, 12 wounded in Matamoros prison brawl". Valley Central. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ "Prison riot in Matamoros kills 20; shootouts reported in Reynosa". The Monitor. 16 October 2011. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ Chapa, Sergio (8 August 2010). "14 prisoners killed in Matamoros prison brawl". Valley Central. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) Pérez González, Jorge (22 February 2009). "Mentes perversas". Hoy Tamaulipas. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ Vindell, Tony (24 January 1996). "El Profe welcomes Garcia Abrego's downfall". The Brownsville Herald. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ Althaus, Dudley (2009). "Texas-Mexico Borderlands: The Slide Toward Chaos" (PDF). The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education. 12 (10974911): 57. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "Mexico jail riot 'leaves 21 dead'". BBC News. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ "Mexico prison shooting: 17 dead in Ciudad Juarez clash". BBC News. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ "Many killed in Mexico prison violence". Al Jazeera. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) "Al menos 17 personas mueren durante un motín en una prisión de Juárez". CNNMexico. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ "Monterrey prison riot covers mass escape by gang members". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) "Riña en el penal de Gómez Palacio; 19 muertos". La Jornada. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) "Riña en penal de Durango deja 23 muertos; no descartan ejecuciones". La Jornada. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) "Una balacera en un penal de Durango deja ocho reos muertos y 11 heridos". CNNMexico. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) "Un grupo de hombres ataca con granada a penal de Durango". CNNMexico. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) "Confirman 19 muertos por motín en cárcel de Tijuana". El Universal. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ (in Spanish) "Suman 29 los reos muertos por violencia en el penal de Mazatlán". CNNMexico. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
See also
- 2011–2012 in the Mexican Drug War
- Apodaca prison riot
- Mexican Drug War
- Timeline of the Mexican Drug War