State authorities said a riot at El Castillo penitentiary in Mazatlan broke out Thursday morning during family visits, leaving 10 dead and 16 injured.
A riot at the El Castillo penitentiary in Mazatlan killed 10 people and injured 16, The Washington Post reported, citing state authorities in Sinaloa. The violence broke out Thursday morning during family visiting hours.
Mazatlan is a port city in northwestern Mexico. Sinaloa has been the center of a long cartel conflict. The Post said a relative of an inmate spoke with Mexican Navy officers outside the prison as the riot continued, in a photograph credited to AP photographer Fausto Camacho.
The published account did not name the dead or say whether inmates, visitors or staff were among them. It also did not give a cause beyond the outbreak during visiting hours.
AP's international news digest on Friday also listed a Sinaloa prison riot that killed 10 and left 16 injured, matching the toll. No official statement with a different count was in the Post story used here.
The row is limited to the reported toll and location. Further claims about which group started the violence were not in the account.