Nine inmates escape after gang rams vehicles into Mexican prison

Forensic investigators work an area where a burned-out car was found after a gang rammed several vehicles into a prison and escaped with nine inmates, in Tula, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Local media reported that the burned-out cars found in the city of Tula after the attack were car bombs. Authorities said they were investigating how the vehicles caught fire. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

A gang has rammed several vehicles into a prison in central Mexico and escaped with nine inmates in one of the most dramatic breakouts the country has seen in recent years.

Authorities in the state of Hidalgo, north of Mexico City, said the massive pre-dawn attack resulted in non-life threatening gunshot wounds to two police officers.