Zeta Gang Members in Mexico City Jailbreak

By Kyle Bussewitz

I would like to start by sharing an article I read discussing the recent prison riots in Mexico City, Mexico. The breakout included the killing of 44 members of the Gulf cartel. The 30 escaped convicts all belonged to the Zeta gang members, who's rival cartel is the Gulf. The two gangs, former allies, are now at war for control of part of Mexico's drug trade and other criminal enterprises. The 30 escapees were apparently allowed to leave the prison with no resistance. This leads the officials to believe that the guards allowed the prisons to leave, most likely for a bribe. Shortly after this occurred Rodrigo Medina, the governor Nuevo Leon, gave a press conference and offered over 800,000 thousand dollars in rewards for information leading to the capture of these criminals. The violence in the prison is a regular thing in Mexico. Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says 467 inmates have been killed since the beginning of 2009 — shot, bludgeoned, stabbed or burned to death. The prison, which is located at Apacado, was holding twice as many inmates as it was built to hold. This is also a common problem in Mexico because of the increasing amount of members associated with the drug cartels. This is a problem that just keeps growing in Mexico. The drug cartels keep growing because of an increase in demand and increase in prices. When the drug cartels keep growing more and more people get involved which eventually cause more people to be arrested and put into jail. You can see how this can keep tumbling into a very big problem. (More sources.)