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MEXICAN AUTHORITIES SAY PRISON GUARDS ALLOWED CARTEL HOTMEN OUT OF PRISON, EVEN LENT THEM THEIR FUNS TO CARRY OUT A MASSACRE IN TORREON ON JULY 18
17 PEOPLE WERE MURDERED AT A PARTY, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. AFTER CARRYING OUT THE MURDERS, GUARDS ALLOWED THE KILLERS TO RETURN TO THEIR CELLS
MEXICAN OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING THE EMERGENCE OF A "NEW" CARTEL AFTER DEAD BODIES WITH NOTES WERE DISCOVERED. MEXICO HAS ATLEAST 7 MAJOR CARTELS, BUT MANY SMALLER GANGS WHO OFTEN AFFILIATE WITH THE LARGER CARTELS