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Gomez Palacio No. 2 Warden, 10 others Sent to Prison
2010-10-21
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The former warden at a Gomez Palacio, Durango prison, was sentenced Tuesday for her role in a number of massacres in Torreon, Coahuila, according to Mexican news accounts.

Margarita Rojas Rodríguez was sent to a Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) in Veracruz for a number of crimes including homicide and attempted homicide.

Ten other staff involved were sent to a Mexican Federal CERESO in El Rincon in Tepic, Nayarit to serve their sentences for their involvement in the same crimes.

Rodríguez and the other staff at the CERESO No.2 in Gomez Palacio, Durango were involved in a series of murders in the Torreon, Coahuila-Gomez Palacio, Durango area known as La Laguna that targeted facilities operated by Los Zetas, murders totaling more than 30 victims.

A summary of the crimes can be found here