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Mexico Prison Knife Brawl Kills 31

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</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">MOSCOW</span></span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"> (RIA Novosti) - At least thirty-one inmates were killed and other 13 were wounded in a brutal fight inside a prison in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, the state's public safety department said in a statement on Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">Clashes between prisoners wielding makeshift knives, clubs and stones took place in the Santa Amalia prison in the city of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Altamira</st1:place></st1:city>, an overcrowded facility designed to hold 2000 inmates but which has a population of more than 3000.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">The fight broke out when a group of inmates burst into a section of the prison they were banned from and attacked the prisoners housed there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">Federal police forces and soldiers surrounded the prison. Later, soldiers and marines moved in and regained control of the situation, the statement read.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">The public safety department said 22 of the inmates killed had been serving sentences for state crimes and nine for federal offences.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">Deadly riots and prison fights are common in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s overcrowded prisons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: double windowtext 2.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">Powerful drug cartels are fighting for control of smuggling routes along the US-Mexico border. Gang rivalries frequently spread into <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s prison system, where prisoners held on federal drug charges are mixed with common criminals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div></div>

Mexico Prison Knife Brawl Kills 31

MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) - At least thirty-one inmates were killed and other 13 were wounded in a brutal fight inside a prison in the north...

Strong Earthquake Hits Mexico, At Least 3 Killed

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">MEXICO   CITY</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;"> (NNN-Xinhua) -- Mexican authorities said at least three people were killed when a strong earthquake hit the southwestern coastal state of Guerrero on Saturday night and shook buildings in the capital.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">The temblor, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, occurred at 19:47 local time (0147 GMT Sunday), the National Seismological Service of Mexico said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">The epicenter of the quake was located about 42 km southwest of Iguala in Guerrero and about 166 km south-southwest of Mexico City, with a depth of 64.9 km, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which had estimated the magnitude at 6.8 before downgrading it to 6.7 and then 6.5.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">At least three people were killed in the quake, which sent residents rushing into the streets and interrupted public traffic and subways in Guerrero.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">According to Guerrero's Civil Protection agency, an 11-year-old boy was killed when a house's roof collapsed, a second died in the small town of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ixcateopan</st1:place></st1:city> and a driver was killed on the high way when a rock rolled down and hit his car.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">When the quake happened, panicked residents ran out of buildings and gathered in the streets. Some people began to cry and pray. The quake also interrupted public traffic and subway in Guerrero.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">Helicopters have been dispatched to check the situation, officials said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">Marcelo Ebrard, mayor of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico City</st1:place></st1:city>, said by Twitter that "there is power cut in part of the city but no major damage has been reported."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">Power supplies have not been restored in 30 regions of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico City</st1:place></st1:city>, where some 70,000 residents are affected.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white;">A monstrous 8.1-magnitude earthquake hit the country in 1985 and killed as many as 10,000 people and wrecked parts of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico City</st1:place></st1:city>. -- NNN-XINHUA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div>

Strong Earthquake Hits Mexico, At Least 3 Killed

MEXICO CITY (NNN-Xinhua) -- Mexican authorities said at least three people were killed when a strong earthquake hit the southwestern co...

Hurricane Rina Edges Toward Yucatan Peninsula

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Hurricane Rina is expected to hit <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region>'s <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Yucatan</st1:place></st1:state> peninsula by Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A tropical storm in the western Caribbean has rapidly intensified into a hurricane as it passes north of the Honduran coast toward <st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region>'s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Yucatan</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Peninsula</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The U.S. National Hurricane Center in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Miami</st1:place></st1:city> says readings obtained by an Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft show the storm named Rina reached minimal hurricane strength on Monday, with 120-kilometer-per hour winds. The center urged authorities in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Belize</st1:country-region> and on the east coast of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Yucatan</st1:placename>  <st1:placetype w:st="on">Peninsula</st1:placetype></st1:place> to monitor the storm's progress, which is expected to become a "major" hurricane by late Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The projected path shows Rina moving northwest and reaching the coast of the <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Yucatan</st1:place></st1:state> peninsula by Friday. The <st1:placename w:st="on">National</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Hurricane</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype> says the storm is expected to produce rainfall of up to 10 centimeters in the <st1:place w:st="on">Cayman Islands</st1:place> to the east.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Heavy rains have hit parts of <st1:place w:st="on">Central America</st1:place> in recent weeks, causing deadly flooding and damaging vast areas of farmland. ---VOA News<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Hurricane Rina Edges Toward Yucatan Peninsula

Hurricane Rina is expected to hit Mexico 's Yucatan peninsula by Friday. A tropical storm in the western Caribbean has rapidly intens...