Texas Tribune:
Texas law enforcement agencies have confirmed earlier reports that a massive prison break took place in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, which sits just across from Laredo, Texas at the southern end of the I-35 corridor.
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At least 140 prisoners escaped from the prison, Baeza said, though that number is believed to be a conservative estimate. Mexican media outlet El Universal reported this morning that the number of escapees could exceed 190.
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The outbreak comes the same day the City of Laredo opened its “paisano rest stop, ” just outside the city limits. The stop provides thousands of Mexicans returning to Mexico an array of free services that range from minor car repair work, to advice from U.S. and Mexican officials on how best to make the commute through customs.
“There is never a good time for a prison outbreak, but this one could not have come at a worse time,” he said. As early as 8 a.m., Baeza said, traffic from Mexicans waiting to get back into Mexico via one of the city’s international bridges stretched from the port to U.S. 59, about 30 city blocks. He said it appeared most, at least, had heeded warnings from the Mexican government to travel in convoys and during the day.
The outbreak comes just one day after Texas DPS issued a warning to U.S. citizens urging them to avoid traveling into Mexico during the holidays, citing among other things, an increase in kidnappings of non-Mexican citizens and criminal assaults on Mexican highways.
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I suspect they scattered into Mexico to be with the cartels they were apart of. It is too bad they could not sew a GPS tracker in their clothing before they made a get away. Some of the cartels may just be paranoid enough to think they were sewn in.
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