Police in Mexico are searching for a group of inmates who were sprung from a prison in Puerto Vallarta during a wave of attacks launched by the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel (CJNG) on Sunday.
Puerto Vallarta, a beach resort on Mexico's Pacific coast, was among the towns where the CJGN blockaded roads and torched cars in retaliation for the killing by security forces of their leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho".
During the unrest, armed men rammed one of the prison gates with a car, paving the way for 23 prisoners to escape, an official said.
More than 70 people – including 25 National Guard members – were killed in the violence which followed El Mencho's death.
Juan Pablo Hernández, security secretary for the state of Jalisco, said that his office was working with other states to capture the fugitives.
