{Nuevo Leon governor says 12 people were also wounded after a riot broke out in Monterrey’s Topo Chico prison.}<\/p>\n
At least 49 people were killed and 12 people wounded in a prison riot in the Mexican city of Monterrey, the governor of the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon has said.<\/p>\n
Governor Jaime Rodriguez said the fighting broke out before midnight on Wednesday night, in two areas of the Topo Chico prison, between a faction of the infamous Zetas gang and another group.<\/p>\n
“During the clash several prisoners set fire to the food storage and sleeping areas,” Rodriguez told reporters at a press conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear how the victims died, but Rodriguez said there was no gunfire.<\/p>\n
Al Jazeera\u2019s Adam Raney, reporting from Mexico City, said: “The governor made a point of saying that no one had escaped; that this was not an escape attempt but it was this battle between two groups in the prison.”<\/p>\n
‘People are very agitated’<\/p>\n
Images broadcast by Milenio TV showed police vehicles patrolling the streets near the prison after unrest broke out in the early hours of Thursday local time.<\/p>\n
Milenio TV reported that relatives who visited prisoners in the jail had heard gunshots and said a blaze had broken out.<\/p>\n
They also said they had seen inmates with burns and that authorities were hunting for escapees.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said the fire broke out at about 12:30am (06:30 GMT) and appeared to have been extinguished shortly after sunrise, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n
Earlier, local media had said the casualties included inmates and prison guards. Authorities had earlier put the death toll at 52 but later revised it down.<\/p>\n
Families of the inmates rushed to the prison after reports of deaths. Some shook and kicked at the prison gates, demanding to be allowed in.<\/p>\n
“Police had to come out in riot gear and push these family members back,” Al Jazeera’s Raney said.<\/p>\n
“People are very agitated,” he continued. “Mexican prisons are often corrupt, crowded and very violent places – there’s a whole history of protests and riots that get out of hand.”<\/p>\n
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