Mexico prison clash in strife-torn Sinaloa state leaves 10 dead

Nine inmates and one visitor killed in Sinaloa prison riot, local authorities say.

Members of the Mexican army stand guard outside El Castillo prison following reports of a riot at the facility in Mazatlan, Mexico, on October 8, 2026 [Carlos Lopez/AFP]

Ten people have been killed and 16 others injured in a fight at the El Castillo Penitentiary Centre in the city of Mazatlan, in Mexico’s northwestern state of Sinaloa, state authorities said.

The Sinaloa Public Security Secretariat said on Thursday that a fight inside the prison had left nine inmates and a family visitor dead.

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Sinaloa’s Secretary of Public Security, Sinuhe Tellez, said in a video posted on social media that the visitor was a minor.

The 16 injured inmates were transferred for medical attention, the secretariat said.

An inter-institutional group of security forces moved in, and the prison is now “under control”, with authorities remaining at the site, the secretariat added.

Social work staff are contacting the families of the dead, Tellez said, noting that visits to the prison had been suspended as a precaution and the rest of the prison population was safe.

Sinaloa is a battleground for warring factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel and is one of six Mexican states the US State Department advises Americans not to visit over security concerns.

Officials have not said whether the violence at the prison was linked to that conflict.

当地政府称，锡那罗亚州监狱暴动造成9名囚犯和1名访客死亡。

2026年10月8日，墨西哥马萨特兰市埃尔卡斯蒂略监狱发生骚乱后，墨西哥军队成员在监狱外站岗。[卡洛斯·洛佩兹/法新社]

墨西哥西北部锡那罗亚州马萨特兰市的埃尔卡斯蒂略监狱中心发生斗殴事件，造成10人死亡，16人受伤，州政府官员表示。

锡那罗亚州公共安全部周四表示，监狱内发生斗殴事件，造成九名囚犯和一名家属访客死亡。

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（共3条）第2条：秘鲁当选总统藤森表示，她希望恢复与墨西哥的关系。

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锡那罗亚州公共安全部长西努赫·特列斯在社交媒体上发布的一段视频中表示，这名访客是未成年人。

秘书处表示，16名受伤的囚犯已被转移接受治疗。

秘书处补充说，一个由多个机构组成的安全部队小组已经进驻，监狱目前“处于控制之下”，当局人员仍留在现场。

特莱兹表示，社会工作人员正在联系死者家属，并指出作为预防措施，监狱已暂停探视，监狱其他人员是安全的。

锡那罗亚州是锡那罗亚贩毒集团各派系交战的战场，也是美国国务院出于安全考虑建议美国公民不要前往的六个墨西哥州之一。

官方尚未说明监狱暴力事件是否与该冲突有关。