Two U.S. Prisoners Killed by Inmates
From Times Wire Reports
Two American brothers jailed on homicide charges in a notoriously violent state penitentiary in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, were killed by fellow inmates, Mexican investigators said.
Guards at the CERESO II prison found the bodies of Jose Manuel Contreras, 25, and his brother, Jorge, 31. They had been stabbed, sources said. Relatives said the family lived in Mexico.
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