The World - News from Feb. 8, 1987
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Sixty-four inmates escaped from Mexico’s Sinaloa state penitentiary after they seized rifles from the armory and fought a gun battle with guards, authorities reported. Three inmates were reported killed in the shootout with guards. Authorities said the escapees took the warden, Maximo Torres Toledo, with them as a hostage, but he was freed later. Mario Rocha Reyes, a spokesman for the Sinaloa district attorney’s office, said that seven escapees were recaptured by highway patrolmen.
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