The dead included 11 inmates and six guards, Durango state public safety officials said in a statement.

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Cahill also said that the Durango state is currently going through a drought and that Mexican federal governmental authority on water rights, CONAGUA is not handing out any permits in order to conserve the water table in the area.

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He is thought to be hiding in the Mexican Pacific coastal state of Sinaloa or the Sierra Madre mountains in the neighboring state of Durango.

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