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Ciudad Juárez has experienced violent incidents after authorities launched a raid at a local prison

Raymundo Isidro, the former Morelos state leader of criminal gang Guerreros Unidos, was among those who were killed

The majority of female inmates are abandoned by their families

In Mexico, it is common for police officers to detain and accuse people who had nothing to do with a crime

The government has said it plans to convert the site into a public park and a museum

Edgar Veytia, who was Nayarit's top law enforcement official, admitted to conspiring with a drug cartel operating in his home state to smuggle thousands of kilograms of narcotics from Mexico into the United States for distribution in the New York area

Serial killer Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández spent 34 years in Lecumberri prison for the murder of four young women

A violent confrontation between Unión Tepito and the criminal group headed by “El Duke” took place in Mexico City's Reclusorio Oriente prison

El Congreso del estado analiza una iniciativa para incluir en el Código Penal el delito de “abandono de mujer embarazada”, que podría sancionarse con penas de nueve meses a nueve años de prisión

In Mexico, one of the most common corruption acts are tax evasion and financial fraud