Mexico City, April 5 (Inditop.com/EFE) Thirteen prisoners managed to escape during an attack by armed men on a prison in Mexico, authorities have said.

Of the 13 people who fled the Centro de Ejecuciones de Sanciones in Reynosa in the country’ northern border, 11 committed federal crimes and two are common criminals, an official said Sunday.

The attackers arrived in 10 vehicles Friday night, burst into the prison and shot at the guards, which resulted in three prisoners being killed.

On March 26, 41 prisoners had fled the state prison in Matamoros city in yet another incident of violence unleashed by drug cartels.