10 prison inmates escape in Mexico beach resort Cancun

Ten inmates escaped in Mexico's Caribbean beach resort of Cancun by jumping the prison wall, in the latest jailbreak to hit the country's scandal-plagued penitentiary system. The inmates beat a guard before jumping the wall and, according to witnesses, at least three of them fled in a taxi in which they changed their clothes, the Quintana Roo state government said in a statement. "Personnel from all of the security agencies of the state are conducting an intense and broad operation to catch the prisoners," state Governor Roberto Borge said.