Roberto Garcia / Reform Agency
Monday, May 15, 2023 | 22:07
Three inmates died after a confrontation with colleagues inside the Men’s Center for Social Reintegration of Santa Martha Acatitla.
According to reports from the Secretariat for Citizen Security, it was 5:15 p.m. when the three deceased and a guard were attacked by five more and died from the blows they received.
The head of the SSC, Omar García Harfuch, made the announcement through his social networks and reported that, in addition to reinforcing security inside the Penitentiary Center, he also took measures.
“There was a fight in a module of the CEVARESO “Santa Martha”; 3 PPL lost their lives, who were incarcerated for the crimes of qualified homicide, robbery and kidnapping. The Director of the Prison and Deputy Director of Security were dismissed, “he reported.
The SSC report indicates that the aggressors have been located and will be isolated.
The mobilization of a large number of elements of the Secretariat was abroad to carry out a review operation in the dormitories, which, according to the agency, is constant in this and the other City prisons.
