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Wednesday, May 23, 2012  Three inmates are dead and six are wounded following a prison brawl south of the border in Reynosa.

Monday, February 20, 2012  Officials say members of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel stabbed and bludgeoned 44 members of the rival Gulf cartel to death and then staged a mass escape, apparently with the help of prison authorities.

Sunday, February 19, 2012  A prison riot has left an estimated 40 people dead in the city of Apodaca

Thursday, January 05, 2012  Authorities have released the names of 31 inmates who were killed in deadly prison riot south of the border in Altamira.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  Some 31 prisoners are dead and another 13 are wounded following a prison riot south of the border in Altamira.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010  At least four people are dead and two are wounded following a prison riot at a state prison in coastal Tamaulipas city of Altamira.

Friday, March 20, 2009  A Rio Grande Valley family continues to search for justice after their nephew died while serving time in a private West Texas prison.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009  Los Fresnos woman is worried about her son's health after a riot breaks out in the West Texas prison where he's being held.

Thursday, January 22, 2009  At least two people were killed dead and several injured during a riot at the CERESO state prison outside Matamoros.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008  Outgoing Willacy County District Attorney Juan Guerra is trying to probe an inmate death and prison riot in another part of the state.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008  Mexican officials transferred 51 inmates from a Reynosa prison to different facilities following a deadly riot.