Three dead, one injured in Mexico prison riot

MEXICO CITY-A fight between inmates at a northern Mexican prison left three inmates dead and one injured, authorities said Saturday.

The clash followed a riot and mass escape at the prison in Ciudad Victoria, capital of the northern border state of Tamaulipas.

The state security spokesman, Luis Alberto Rodriguez, said Saturday in his Twitter account that control had
been re-established.

Rodriguez said about 30 guards at the facility had been placed under investigation, and appealed for help from neighboring states in re-apprehending the escaped inmates.