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Over 80 inmates escape Mexican prison near U.S. border
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© RIA Novosti. Ivan Rudnev05:51 11/09/2010
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Twenty-five inmates flee Tajik prison, kill six personnelA total of 85 inmates escaped a prison in the Mexican town of Reynosa near the U.S. border, Mexico's El Universal newspaper reported.
The paper gives no further details of the break from the prison, in which many drug cartel members are being kept.
A total of 44 prison employees face criminal investigation in connection with the jailbreak.
Crime is among the most urgent concerns facing Mexico, with drag trafficking being the country's major woe.
MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti)
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