Mexican Inmates Take Hostages; 6 Die as Rescue Fails From: The Washington Post | Date: December 24, 1988 | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The death toll from two days of rioting in a Mexican prison rose to at least six last night after a police commando raid failed to free about 14 hostages, a state government spokesman said.

At least three people died when two police commando squads entered the Venustiano Carranza penitentiary last night to rescue prison employees held hostage by inmates angered because they had been denied Christmas pardons, Nayarit state spokesman Francisco Flores said.

Among those killed was the head of the "Zorro" ...

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