MEXICO: 29 inmates escape from prison through tunnel

No less than 29 inmates escaped to their freedom from a jail in Tamaulipas, Mexico after fleeing prison through a 40-meter-long tunnel believed to have taken several months to build.

According to reports, the escape took place about midnight last through a 40-meter-long tunnel five meters underground with 10 inmates of the Tamaulipas prison reported to have been recaptured.

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Governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca said in an interview that construction of the tunnel had begun several months ago.

The prison had a population of 1,300 inmates as of last December, 300 more than its capacity.

Overcrowding, corruption and inmate control of prison areas have been persistent problems in Mexican prisons.

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