Two reversals on split decisions denied Ireland top spot in the medals tables for the second consecutive time at the EU Elite Men’s Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria on Saturday.

The bound and gagged bodies of 26 men were found in the heart of Guadalajara, a sign that full-scale war between Mexican drug cartels may have come to the picturesque western city which hosted last month’s Pan American Games.

GUARDS and officials at a prison in northern Mexico let inmates out, lent them guns and allowed them to use official vehicles to carry out drug-related killings, including the massacre of 17 people, prosecutors claimed.

Security camera footage shows guards at a Mexican prison nonchalantly stood by as 53 dangerous inmates walked out – and didn’t rush into action with their guns drawn until well after their convoy of escape vehicles had disappeared into the night.

Eighteen inmates died in a brutal two-day riot by prisoners in a jail outside the capital of Guatemala authorities said.