According to BBC News, a conflict between two prisoners escalated which ended up involving many others as well. The State and the Federal police were called to control this situation in this prison which is located near the US border. Matamoros is in the Tamaulipas state where there is are number of drug gangs and these gangs have been fighting a continuous war to gain control of the smuggling routes. The state has not yet given any details regarding how the deaths occur and what weapons were used in this incident. 20 were killed and 12 others were injured. Since December 2006, more than 40,000 Mexicans have died in the drug related violence. It was in December 2006 that President Calderon deployed troops to fight these drug cartels. He stated that ,''the army would remain on the streets as long as the police were too weak to guarantee public security without military support.'' Many campaigners including Mr Sicilia are against this strategy because this has only worsened the violence in Mexico.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15323348
By Ramla Sheriff
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