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5 Reported Killed in Mexico Prison Riot

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<i> Associated Press</i>

At least five inmates were killed and five injured in a second spate of rioting this month at a Mexican prison just south of the U.S. border, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

Violence broke out Tuesday night, and one person reportedly was decapitated, La Cronica said. Officials refused to comment.

The rioting may have been sparked by a feud among prisoners.

Three people were injured in rioting at the prison June 6, and a standoff lasted until June 15. Inmates won the dismissal of the prison’s warden at the prison in Mexicali, just south of Calexico, Calif.

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