Durango, Mexico: Eleven prisoners and six guards were killed on Tuesday in clashes at a prison in northern Mexico that erupted when inmates attempted a jailbreak, state security officials said.
The clashes broke out as wardens were "thwarting the inmates' attempted prison break" in the city of Gomez Palacio, the public security office in Durango state said in a statement.
The clashes broke out as wardens were "thwarting the inmates' attempted prison break" in the city of Gomez Palacio, the public security office in Durango state said in a statement.
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