Overview
- The explosion erupted early Friday in an area where inmates separated plastic, and the resulting fire spread roughly 40 meters to a carpentry workshop.
- Jalisco’s security ministry reported two prisoners dead and two others with minor burns that did not require hospitalization.
- Firefighters and Civil Protection teams extinguished the blaze as state police evacuated workers from the workshop zone and prison staff activated emergency protocols.
- The Jalisco state prosecutor’s office and the state forensics institute opened investigations to determine what triggered the blast and fire.
- The facility holds about 758 people, and official data show severe overcrowding in several states that analysts link to safety risks and corruption in prisons.