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{{Short description|Deadly riot in Chihuahua, Mexico}}
{{Infobox event
| image =
| caption =
| date = {{start date|2009|03|04}}
| time = 7 a.m. [[Mountain Time Zone|MST]] (2 p.m. [[UTC]])
| place = Cerezo state [[prison]], [[Ciudad Juárez]], [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|31.6449|-106.4620|type:event_region:MX|display=it}}
| cause = Gang rivalry
| casualties1 = 20 dead, 15 injured
}}
{{Campaignbox Mexican Drug War}}

A [[prison riot]] occurred at the CERESO state [[prison]] in [[Ciudad Juárez]], [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], [[Mexico]], on March 4, 2009. During the riots, at least 20 people were killed and 15 were injured.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7924815.stm|title=Mexican prison riot 'kills 20' |date=2009-03-05|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=2009-03-06}}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/04/mexico.prison.riot/|title=20 dead in Mexico prison riot, official says |date=2009-03-04|publisher=[[CNN]]|accessdate=2009-03-06}}</ref> Although a police spokesman stated that no police or jail guards were killed during the riots,<ref name="CNN"/> the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross]] said that two policemen had been killed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6201623/Mexican-prison-uprising-costs-20-lives |title=Mexican prison uprising costs 20 lives |date=2009-03-04 |publisher=Radio Netherlands |accessdate=2009-03-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310050812/http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6201623/Mexican-prison-uprising-costs-20-lives |archivedate=March 10, 2009 }}</ref> The riot was a fight among several rival gangs, the "[[Barrio Azteca]]", "[[Los Mexicles]]" and "[[Artistas Asesinos]]" (AA).<ref name="Xin">{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/05/content_10944865.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023202141/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/05/content_10944865.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2012|title=20 die in prison clash in northern Mexico |date=2009-03-05|publisher=[[Xinhua]]|accessdate=2009-03-06}}</ref><ref name="RTV">{{cite news|url=http://rtv.rtrlondon.co.uk/2009-03-05/f60c491.html|title=4020-MEXICO-PRISON RIOT UPDATE|date=2009-03-05|publisher=RTV London|accessdate=2009-03-06}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

==Events==
The riots began at roughly 7 AM [[Mountain Time Zone|local time]] (2 PM [[UTC]]), and lasted for about two hours.<ref name="CNN"/> 14 members of the Aztecas "subjugated" a prison guard with knives and stole the guard's keys.<ref name="RTV"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/05/ciudad-juarez-mexico-prison-riot-deaths|title=At least 20 dead in Mexican prison riot|last=Tuckman|first=Jo|date=2009-03-05|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=2009-03-06}}</ref> The gang then opened several cells, releasing 170 prisoners.<ref name="RTV"/> The prisoners forced their way into an area where members of the Mexicles and AA were meeting with family and friends during [[conjugal visit]]s, and attacked them.<ref name="AP">{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hZUp0QJAlIQYgYBZaBQf-bP6Un2QD96NECMO0|title=20 inmates die in Mexican prison fight|last=Montemayor|first=Marina|date=2009-03-04|publisher=AP|accessdate=2009-03-06}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> During the riots, prisoners set blocks of [[prison cell]]s on fire, stabbed each other with knives, or were beaten.<ref name="BBC"/> Other prisoners used [[rifle]]s and [[iron pin]]s as weapons.<ref name="Xin"/> In addition, some prisoners were thrown from the second story of buildings.<ref name="Xin"/> Two of the 20 prisoners died at a local hospital, while the remainder died in the prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/20-killed-in-Mexico-prison-violence/articleshow/4229542.cms|title=20 killed in Mexico prison violence|date=2009-03-05|publisher=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=2009-03-06}}{{dead link|date=March 2023}}</ref>

At least 50 members of the [[Mexican Army]] and 200 police were deployed to end the riots.<ref name="AP"/> An airplane and two [[helicopters]] were also used to quell the violence.<ref name="CNN"/> Earlier in the day, 1,500 [[Military of Mexico|troops]] began entering the city in an effort to reduce drug-and-gang-related violence, which, over the last year, took the lives of 2,000 people in Ciudad Juárez.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7922982.stm|title=Mexico troops enter drug war city|date=2009-03-04|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=2009-03-06}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Prison riots and uprisings}}

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[[Category:2009 in Mexico]]
[[Category:2009 riots]]
[[Category:Prison riots in Mexico]]
[[Category:21st century in Chihuahua (state)]]
[[Category:Battles of the Mexican drug war]]
[[Category:History of Ciudad Juárez]]
[[Category:March 2009 crimes in North America]]

2009 Ciudad Juárez prison riot - Revision history

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