Posted on 03/25/2010 5:27:12 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Two guards missing; jail director fired and under investigation
Tamaulipas state officials have confirmed the escape of at least 41 prisoners from a jail in Matamoros.
Authorities confirmed that the prisoners were being held at the "Centro de Ejecución de Sanciones" in Matamoros.
Orlando Saucedo-Pinta with the Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety (SSP) confirmed that the jailbreak took place between 4 and 5 a.m. Thursday.
Details about the mass escape were not available but Saucedo-Pinta said in a written statement that two prison guards are also missing.
According to Saucedo-Pinta, the guards were identified as Jose Angel Reyes-Segovia and Agapito Uvalle-Escalante.
Authorities did not release the names of the 41 prisoners who escaped but said 38 of them were held at the state-run jail for federal crimes.
Saucedo-Pinta reported that the jail's director Jaime Cano-Gallardo has been dismissed from his post and is now under investigation.
The jailbreak remains under investigation.
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Aw jeez, 40 more criminal, illegal aliens crossed our border today, I suspect.
I blame Obamacon.
They want free US “healthcare.”
And McCain/Graham/Obama will grant these prisoners Amnesty
The office said all the prisoners who escaped had been charged under federal law but were being held at the state institution. Five were serving sentences following convictions and 35 were on trial. The statement did not specify the offenses, but drug trafficking is the among the most common federal charges.
I assume they were being held at a state institution, rather than federal so it would be easier for the cartel to facilitate their escape.
They’re all in ‘El Norte’ by now. McCain/Obama will give them amnesty.
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