Mexican troops sent to Juarez after cartel clash spills on to streets

In Mexico, a prison clash between members of two rival cartels spilled on to the streets of the border city Ciudad Juárez, where alleged gang members have killed nine more people, including four employees of a radio station. Hundreds of soldiers were sent to the border city of Juarez on Friday after 11 people have been killed in a prison face-off between members of two rival cartels. Another 16 were also injured in the clash. The authorities said that nine civilians have been dead in the incident. Among them were four employees of a radio station. However, Officials did not inform about the cause of the clash.

The violence began on Thursday, when Los Chapos, members of the infamous Sinaloa cartel formerly led by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, clashed with the local group Los Mexicles, in a Juárez prison, the deputy security minister, Ricardo Mejía, said. Ciudad Juárez has long had a reputation for violence. Gangs like those involved in the riot often serve as proxies and street-level enforcers for Mexico’s powerful drug cartels who aggressively exert control over the border crossing routes they need to move their product to the United States. The violence came two days after drug cartel gunmen burned vehicles and businesses in the western states of Jalisco and Guanajuato in response to the arrest of a high-ranking cartel leader.ning, six alleged members were arrested by local police, with help from the Army and National Guard. Local media reported that attacks follow clashes between cartels and the military in central Mexico, which led to taxis, buses and some 20 Oxxo stores being set ablaze