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Thursday, April 25, 2013  They say exercise is the key to staying healthy and one event is helping to promote fitness.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A teenager is facing criminal charges some two weeks after he escaped and a 16-year-old boy both escaped from facility for troubled teens.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011  Mexican marines have recaptured a Gulf Cartel member who escaped from a prison in Matamoros back in December 2002.

Friday, July 15, 2011  At least seven prisoners are dead and 59 have escaped following a violent brawl between inmates at a prison in Nuevo Laredo.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011  The director and eight guards at a Tamaulipas state prison in Reynosa may be facing criminal charges following a jailbreak where 17 inmates escaped in a tunnel.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011  Authorities have released a poster showing the names and photos of 151 men who escaped from a prison south of the border in Nuevo Laredo.

Friday, December 17, 2010  At least 191 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nuevo Laredo on Friday morning.

Friday, September 10, 2010  Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office deputies are on alert after 85 prisoners escaped from a prison south of the border in Reynosa.

Monday, August 30, 2010  An inmate who escaped from a prison near Laredo back in April was found at apartment in McAllen where authorities also found 68 pounds of cocaine.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010  A Hidalgo County man is listed as one of two men who escaped from a state prison located about halfway between Laredo and San Antonio.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010  Mexican authorities have filed criminal charges against 50 jail guards at a state prison just outside Matamoros.

Thursday, March 25, 2010  Tamaulipas state officials have confirmed the escape of at least 41 prisoners and the disappearance of two guards from a jail in Matamoros.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008  A former McAllen police officer who masterminded a jailbreak at prison in La Villa is behind bars in Mexico and awaiting extradition.

Thursday, December 18, 2008  A federal judge has sentenced an Army veteran to a nearly six years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to trying to spring his brother-in-law from jail.