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Thugs in Cop Uniforms Free 59 Mexican Drug Prisoners

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(Newser) – Some 15 vehicles packed with criminals wearing police uniforms arrived at a Mexico prison yesterday to free as many as 59 inmates linked to a drug cartel, reports the BBC. The men convinced guards they were members of the federal police there to conduct an inspection. Once inside, they overpowered the guards and fled with the prisoners. The army and federal police have launched a massive search near the Zacatecas prison facility in north central Mexico to recapture the crooks and their cohorts.

Soldiers and federal police have set up roadblocks in an effort to find 53 escaped prisoners and the men who freed them.
Soldiers and federal police have set up roadblocks in an effort to find 53 escaped prisoners and the men who freed them.   (AP Photo/Enric Marti)
Mexican soldiers have launched a serach for 53 criminals freed from a prison in Zacatecas and the men who freed them.
Mexican soldiers have launched a serach for 53 criminals freed from a prison in Zacatecas and the men who freed them.   (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Mexican soldiers are on the hunt for 53 drug cartel prisoners who escaped from a prison in Zacatecas.
Mexican soldiers are on the hunt for 53 drug cartel prisoners who escaped from a prison in Zacatecas.   (AP Photo/Enric Marti)
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TerrifiedCitizen
May 17, 09 9:43 AM CDT
Apparently high tech security practices are a little while away yet? Reply
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nick
May 17, 09 9:58 AM CDT
OMG. After 25 years of the War on Drugs, the bad guys are still winning! Who could have ever imagined? Inside job, anyone? Reply
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May 17, 09 11:27 AM CDT
Time to end prohibition. Check out leap.com .... Reply
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