Cieneguillas Prison Riots
Two prison riots occurred at the Cieneguillas Regional Center for Social Reintegration in Cieneguillas, Mexico, Cieneguillas, Zacatecas, Mexico. The first was on 31 December 2019, and the second on 2 January 2020. Sixteen inmates were killed on 31 December, and another inmate was killed on 2 January. Background The Cieneguillas prison is a medium-security center. During the 2010s, inmates linked with various cartels, including Los Zetas, the Gulf Cartel, and the Sinaloa Cartel, were added to the prison. The prison became dangerous and failed several assessments due to the introduction of the cartel inmates, with the last assessment before the riots deeming it to have a lack of governance and an undermined security. The prison is sectioned so that members of different organizations, and those unaffiliated, are separated. However, when reporters from El Universal (Mexico City), ''El Universal'' visited in 2019, authorities reported a lack of infrastructure to operate the prison ...
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Cieneguillas, Mexico
Cieneguillas is a town in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is located in the state's centre and lies within the municipality of Zacatecas. The city has 2,200 inhabitants, which makes it the second most populous settlement in the municipality, after the municipal seat and state capital, the Zacatecas (city), city of Zacatecas, within whose more lavish urban confines Cieneguillas lies. Prison riots Prison riots occurred in Cieneguillas in 2019 and 2020. References

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