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demoleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 11:41 AM
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Mexico prison gang fight kills 23 inmates
Source: bbc

At least 23 inmates have been killed after a fight at a jail in Durango in north-east Mexico, say officials.

Local police said the inmates were members of rival drugs gangs, said the Reuters news agency.

But prison spokeswoman Carla Puente was quoted by the Associated Press as saying she did not know the cause of the fighting.

Thousands of people have been died in drug-related violence in Mexico over the past few years.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8470891.stm
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naaman fletcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 12:54 PM
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1. legalize it. /nt
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Flaneur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 01:39 PM
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2. Ooh, that's ugly.
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