Ten killed in prison riot in Mexico's Sinaloa state

A fight at the El Castillo Penitentiary Centre in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, has killed 10 people and injured 16, state authorities said.

• Sinaloa's Public Security Secretariat said nine inmates and a family visitor were killed in the clash at the Mazatlan prison.
• Sinaloa Secretary of Public Security Sinuhe Tellez said the visitor was a minor, and prison visits have been suspended as a precaution.
• The 16 injured inmates were transferred for medical attention, and an inter-institutional security force has brought the prison back under control.
• Authorities have not said whether the violence was linked to the cartel conflict gripping Sinaloa state.