Feb. 24 (UPI) -- The security crisis in the Mexican state of Jalisco continued Tuesday, with 23 inmates still at large, at least 41 people detained in connection with unrest and new highway blockades.
This turmoil exists despite the deployment of nearly 10,000 military personnel after the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Twenty-three inmates have remained fugitives for more than 48 hours after an armed attack on the Centro Integral de Justicia Regional (Ceinjure) in Ixtapa, in Puerto Vallarta, facilitated their escape amid the wave of violence that followed the military operation against Oseguera in Tapalpa. A prison guard was killed during the assault.
Jalisco's security secretary confirmed that the inmates remain at large, and that alerts have been activated in other states to try to recapture them.
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