Prison fight death toll rises to 24
The death toll from a brawl at a northern Mexican prison has risen to 24 after the body of another inmate was found.
The attorney general of northern Durango state said 23 inmates died of knife wounds, and one of a bullet wound.
Federal prosecutors are investigating the brawl, the second deadly fight in less than a year at the Durango prison, which houses 2,025 inmates.
Local news media reported today that the fight pitted members of the Sinaloa drug cartel against inmates loyal to the Gulf cartel.
But Durango Attorney General Daniel Garcia told reporters he could not confirm which gangs were involved.
Ten of the dead faced kidnapping charges and six were being held on drug-related charges and four on homicide charges.