MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new report suggest that gangs control about 60 percent of Mexico’s prisons, a finding that follows a series of high-profile mass escapes.
The Mexican government’s National Human Rights Commission says it visited 100 state and local prisons, and found that gangs controlled activities ranging from internal security to services provided to inmates. Drug cartels control some of the facilities.
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