Zetas drug cartel killed rivals, escaped from Mexico prison

FoxNews ^ | February 20, 2012 | unattributed

[prairiebreeze]

MONTERREY, Mexico – Imprisoned members of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel stabbed and bludgeoned 44 members of the rival Gulf cartel to death and then staged a mass escape, apparently with the help of prison authorities, officials in northern Mexico said Monday.

Rodrigo Medina, governor of the northern state of Nuevo Leon, said the prison's director and three other officials have been fired and are under investigation for purportedly helping in the escape. The same was done with 18 prison guards.

"Unfortunately, a group of traitors has set back the work of a lot of good police," Medina told a news conference. "The most important thing is to make sure that the people working on the inside are on the side of the law, and that they not be corrupted and collaborate with the criminals, as the investigations indicate they presumably did."

[prairiebreeze]

Not good, but there's little to nothing out of Mexico anymore that is.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks prairiebreeze.

Imprisoned members of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel stabbed and bludgeoned 44 members of the rival Gulf cartel to death and then staged a mass escape, apparently with the help of prison authorities...

[RobinOfKingston]

"The most important thing is to make sure that the people working on the inside are on the side of the law, and that they not be corrupted and collaborate with the criminals, as the investigations indicate they presumably did."

It's becoming possible to simply write stock text, then take it off the shelf when needed, whether for Mexican prison breakouts or Fast and Furious hearings.

[Gritty]

When these guys start operating openly and full time here, it is going to get really ugly.

Family values don't stop at the border...

[thouworm]

FYI ping

[fortheDeclaration]

A nation that refuses to execute criminals ceases to be a nation.

[Venturer]

A nation that refuses to execute criminals ceases to be a nation

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It sounds like somebody executed 44 of themMexico doesn’t have a Government. Like Chicago doesn’t have a Government.

Just corrupt thieves & killers that are part of the Government.

[Eaker]

How did the prison’s director of all people think they could get away with this?

[Lurker]

How did the prison’s director of all people think they could get away with this?

It's "plato o plomo" my friend. That's how.

[Eaker]

Oh, I get that.

It is just that with the amount of graft a prison director could take that even though he makes $6.00 a week he probably had a sack of cash tucked away to flee with if this circumstance arose.

[SwinneySwitch]

Ping!