Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
22%
4 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Ten people including a child were killed after a deadly riot broke out at a Mexican prison during visiting hours.
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riot → include → hours
Violence erupted on Thursday morning at the El Castillo Penitentiary in the port city of Mazatlan.
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Violence → erupt → Mazatlan
According to local media, firearms were involved and the sound of gunshots inside the prison can be heard in footage recorded outside the jail's perimeter.
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sound → accord → perimeter
Sinaloa's public security secretariat said nine prisoners were killed in the violence as well as one family member.
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prisoners → say → member
Meanwhile 16 inmates were taken for medical treatment after being injured in the firefight.
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inmates → take → firefight
Mexican troops are pictured at El Castillo prison in Mexico after ten people including a child wear killed in a deadly riot
Soldiers stood guard outside the jail with at least one vehicle carrying a mounted machine gun
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vehicle → picture → gun
Mexican troops including the army, national guard, navy and state security forces were deployed.
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troops → include → army
The prison, which houses 1,800 inmates, is now 'under control' according to Mexico's federal security cabinet.
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which → house → cabinet
Experts say overcrowding, driven in part by the use of pretrial detention – which keeps thousands of people behind bars without a sentence – combined with insufficient prison staff, has fueled corruption and violence inside Mexican jails.
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which → say → jails
Last May, a riot broke out at a prison in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa, leaving seven prisoners dead and another injured.
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riot → break → prisoners
Mexico has 276 prisons, including 14 federal penitentiaries and 249 state prisons.
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Mexico → have → penitentiaries
The prison population reached 261,388 people as of February, according to official figures.
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population → reach → figures
Violence erupted in Sinaloa in September 2024 amid an internal power struggle between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, pitting the sons of convicted former drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, known as 'Los Chapitos', against followers of another detained former cartel leader, Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada.
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Violence → erupt → leader
The deadly riot on Thursday came as Donald Trump pressures the Mexican government to crack down on cartels.
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Trump → come → cartels
An inmate's relative cries as she stands outside the prison following the violence
Mexican security forces stand guard outside of El Castillo prison on Thursday
In January, the US President said he will begin land strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as he warned that the only limit to his global power is his 'own morality'.
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limit → cry → power
Mr Trump announced the military action against narcoterrorists just days after the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
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Trump → announce → Maduro
He said: 'We are gonna start now hitting land with regard to the cartels.
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We → say → cartels
The cartels are running Mexico, it's very sad to watch and see what's happened to that country.'
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what → run → country
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