(11 Feb 2016) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4023204
A brutal fight between rival factions on Thursday inside a prison in northern Mexico left 52 inmates dead and 12 injured, the state governor said.
Nuevo Leon state Governor Jaime Rodriguez said there were no reported escapes and the battle, which sent flames billowing into the pre-dawn sky, didn't involve guns.
Rodriguez also said at a news conference that the fight involved a faction led by a member of the infamous Zetas drug cartel, Juan Pedro Zaldivar Farias, also known as Z-27.
The Zetas once nearly controlled the area around Monterrey and Zaldivar Farias was a suspect in the 2010 shooting death of American David Hartley on Texas' Falcon Lake.
Meanwhile, relatives of several inmates gathered outside the prison and demanded answers from authorities.
Some were seen shouting to women prisoners inside the prison complex.
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