A riot and a fire at a prison near Monterrey in northern Mexico had killed 52 people, state officials said.
Another 12 were injured in the riot at Topo Chico jail that broke out just after midnight, the BBC reports.
Smoke was seen billowing from the complex but officials in Nuevo Leon state said the situation is now under control and no inmates have escaped.
Crowds of people worried about relatives inside the jail blocked roads outside, demanding information.
“I want to know that my daughter is OK. She is in the infirmary. There are children in there,” one woman said.
The incident comes just days before Pope Francis is due to visit a prison in the northern city of Ciudad Juarez, an area notorious for violence between drugs cartels.
There was no official word on how many people had died in Topo Chico until a statement by Nuevo Leon state Governor, Jaime Rodriguez, several hours after trouble broke out.
“We are experiencing a tragedy,” he said.
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