At Least 141 Inmates Escape

Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) — State and federal authorities in Mexico traded barbs over the escape of 141 inmates from a border city prison as police stepped up security and searched for convicts on the run.

The inmates — apparently in collusion with prison workers — escaped through a service entrance for staff vehicles, according to information from a preliminary state investigation presented to reporters Friday. The prison director at Executions of Sanctions Center also “disappeared,” said Antonio Garza Garcia, public safety secretary for Tamaulipas state.