ACAPULCO: Rioting inmates at a Mexican prison beheaded and mutilated their rivals Thursday, leaving 28 dead and three wounded, officials said.
Bodies were found strewn around the maximum-security wing, the kitchen, a patio and a conjugal visits area after the pre-dawn riot at the CERESO federal prison in Acapulco, the state government said in a statement.
Officials initially gave a death toll of five.
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