A Mutiny in a Veracruz Prison Leaves Seven Dead and Eleven Wounded
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The uprising is said to have started when a group of prisoners protested against the criminal organization Grupo Sombra, which was said to be extorting prisoners and their families.
A violent riot in a prison in Tuxpan, north of Veracruz, left seven prisoners dead and 11 others injured on Saturday night, the State Ministry of Public Security reported. The riot occurred at the Social Rehabilitation Center in Tuxpan, where the prisoners protested for extortion and assault inside the prison at the hands of the criminal group called Shadow.

A series of mot n conatos are reported in prison in Tuxpan, Veracruz; defendants accuse abuses, land collection and extortions of the 'Grupo Sombra'.
Riots broke out at a prison in the Mexican state of Veracruz, resulting in the deaths of 7 inmates and the injury of 11 others, according to authorities.
Seven prisoners killed and eleven people injured, left a violent mutiny and quarrel inside a penitentiary in the Mexican state of Veracruz, local authorities reported this Sunday. The riot began at the Social Rehabilitation Center of the port of Tuxpan, in the northern region of Veracruz (Golfo de México), where the prisoners protested for extortion and assaults inside the prison at the hands of the criminal group called Sombra. (Keep reading...…
Seven prisoners killed and eleven injured, left a violent mutiny and quarrel inside a penitentiary in the Mexican state of Veracruz, local authorities reported this Sunday. The riot began Saturday afternoon at the Social Rehabilitation Center of the port of Tuxpan, in the northern region of Veracruz (Golfo de México), where the prisoners protested for extortion and assaults inside the prison at the hands of the criminal group called Shadow. The …
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