Tula prison break

[1][2] At around 4am on 1 December 2021, gangsters arrived at the building, they proceeded to car-ram and then blow up a pair of vehicles, catching the prison guards' attention.

[3][4] Just as local security forces began to react, two more cars exploded, allowing the gang to successfully storm the jail.

[1][5] Nine inmates were freed,[6] including José Artemio Maldonado Mejía, more well known as "El Michoacano", a local drug lord and head of a Mexican drug cartel, the Pueblos Unidos.

[2] The next day, Mexican police managed to recapture three inmates and 8 criminals involved in the prison raid.

[4] Car bombs are a rare occurrence in Mexico; the most notable example of their usage occurring in 2010.