Mexican police said Sunday they had found 49 mutilated bodies dumped in black plastic bags near the northern city of Monterrey, in an apparent flare up of brutal drug violence.

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Members of Mexico's Zetas drug gang killed 44 rivals from the Gulf cartel in a prison riot before staging a mass escape, possibly with help from authorities, Mexican officials said on Monday.
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At least 38 inmates have been killed in a riot at a prison near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, officials said on Sunday.

The clashes broke out overnight between rival gangs at Apodoca prison

Federal forces have killed 22 suspected members of the brutal Zetas drug gang in a three-day operation in northern Mexico, near the US border, an official said on Monday.

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At least 22 people were killed in a string of attacks in Mexico, authorities said Sunday, including a shooting at a bar in Monterrey just hours after the opening of soccer's Under-17 World Cup.

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