Mexico's Prisons Are Home to Drug Lords

Mexico's three maximum-security prisons have struggled with a wave of corruption and violence in the past year. Officials acknowledge drug lords operate freely from jail, using cell phones and teams of lawyers to direct their cartels. [via Associated Press]

... "Oct. 4: Mexican federal police find 57 cell phones, cocaine and marijuana during a surprise inspection at Puente Grande prison."

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