Tula prison break
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value.
On 1 December 2021, a gang of armed men broke into a prison in Tula de Allende, Hidalgo state, Mexico.[1][2]
Incident
[edit | edit source]At around 4am on 1 December 2021, gangsters arrived at the building, they proceeded to car-ram and then blow up a pair of vehicles, catching the prison guards' attention. Gunshots were fired by the criminals.[3][4]
Just as local security forces began to react, two more cars exploded, allowing the gang to successfully storm the jail.[1][5]
Aftermath
[edit | edit source]Nine inmates were freed,[6] including José Artemio Maldonado Mejía, more well known as "El Michoacano", a local drug lord and head of a Mexican drug cartel, the Pueblos Unidos.[2] The next day, Mexican police managed to recapture three inmates and 8 criminals involved in the prison raid.[7]
Two law enforcement officers, one a policeman and the second a guard, were injured in the attack.[2]
The government of Hidalgo has launched an investigation aiming to track the criminals down. The program is still ongoing.[4]
Car bombs are a rare occurrence in Mexico; the most notable example of their usage occurring in 2010.[8][6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- 21st century in Hidalgo (state)
- Attacks on buildings and structures in 2021
- Attacks on prisons in Mexico
- Car and truck bombings in North America
- Crime in Hidalgo (state)
- December 2021 crimes in North America
- December 2021 in Mexico
- Explosions in Mexico
- Car and truck bombings in 2021
- Battles and operations of the Mexican drug war
- Organized crime conflicts in Mexico
- Prison escapes in North America
- Violent non-state actor incidents in Mexico
- Prison riots in Mexico
- Attacks in Mexico in 2021
- Vehicle-ramming attacks in North America
- 2020s vehicle-ramming attacks
- 2021 road incidents
- 2020s road incidents in North America
- Road incidents in Mexico