14 Dead, Including 10 Prison Guards, After Armed Attack on Mexican Prison Near US Border

Members of the Mexican Army secure an area outside the prison of Ciudad Juarez number 3 after an attack on the prison left 14 people dead and allowed 24 inmates to escape on Jan. 1, 2023. Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images

Fourteen people have been killed, and dozens more injured after gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, which sits across the border from El Paso, Texas, on New Year’s Day.

Approximately 10 prison guards and four inmates were killed on the morning of Jan. 1 when an unknown number of gunmen arrived at the Cereso No. 3 state prison at around 7 a.m. local time and opened fire, officials said.