There is a Mexico-U.S. border crisis that has allowed 132 inmates to escape from a facility located in Piedras Negras on Monday. In response, the prison director and two other prison officials have been detained by Mexican authorities. There is an active search for the escapees being conducted, and anyone with information is encouraged to come forth.
“Piedras Negras is across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas, and about 150 miles from San Antonio.
The inmates escaped one by one from what’s known as a social rehabilitation center, a minimum-security facility, by using a 7-foot-long tunnel, according to a statement from the state attorney general. The escapees then cut through a chain-link fence and ran through an empty lot.
The tunnel, which was about 4 feet wide and nearly 10 feet deep, began inside a wood shop inside in the prison, authorities said.”
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