Sixteen inmates have been killed and five wounded after a fight broke out in a Mexican prison over a football game
He said some victims had died of gunshots wounds, but others were stabbed or beaten.An investigation has been launched to find out who was responsible for the fight and how the weapons got inside the prison.
Without mentioning the fight specifically, Mexican security Minister Alfonso Durazo said:"We will continue promoting the reorganisation of the prisons to fight the crime that is organised from there."The fight is another blow to Mexican President Lopez Obrador, who took power in December 2018 and promised to reduce record levels of violence.The country was on track to surpass the previous year's total homicides in 2019 according to latest data.
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