Mexican Troops Take Over Prison to Quell Drug Cartels' Turf War

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MEXICO CITY — Mexican forces backed by tanks and helicopters raided the maximum-security La Palma prison near here early Friday morning to thwart what officials called a possible planned escape of inmates held for drug trafficking.
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Although La Palma is the highest-security prison in Mexico, three slayings took place within its walls last year.
The most recent was the New Year's Eve killing of Arturo Guzman Loera, brother of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the leaders of the so-called Sinaloa cartel. Two associates of Guzman were killed in La Palma earlier in 2004.
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Secretary of Public Security Ramon Martin Huerta on Friday announced the resignation of the federal director of prisons, Carlos Tornero Diaz. The warden of La Palma, Guillermo Montoya Salazar, and several other former prison staff members have been jailed in connection with the Guzman slaying.
Vasconcelos said Thursday that the warden had been jailed because his management of the prison violated legal norms.