At first, two inmates were killed and 20 injured. But then, suspected gang members outside the prison began burning businesses and shooting up Ciudad Juarez, killing nine more people.
MEXICO CITY — A gang riot inside a border prison that left two inmates dead quickly spread to the streets of Ciudad Juarez where alleged gang members killed nine more people, including four employees of a radio station, security officials said Friday.
The federal government’s security undersecretary, Ricardo Mejía Berdeja, said the violence started inside the state prison after 1 p.m. Thursday, when member of the Mexicles gang attacked members of the rival Chapos.Then suspected gang members outside the prison began burning businesses and shooting up Ciudad Juarez.
Mejía said four employees of MegaRadio who were broadcasting a live promotional event outside a business were killed in the shooting. Ciudad Juarez has long had a reputation for violence. Gangs like those involved in the riot often serve as proxies and street-level enforcers for Mexico's powerful drug cartels who aggressively exert control over the border crossing routes they need to move their product to the United States.
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