Gunmen Attack Prison in Southern Mexico, Killing 9

At least nine people were killed and two others seriously injured when a group of gunmen attacked a prison in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, state prosecutors said.

Six gunmen entered the prison in the Guerrero state town of Iguala early Friday by posing as public officials before firing at inmates and guards, the state prosecutor's office said in a statement.

The gunmen deceived the guard at the entrance by telling him they were delivering an inmate to the prison early Friday, it added.

"Once in the prison, the armed group started a confrontation against inmates and later trustees of safety tower, where four prisoners and five of the attackers were killed," the prosecutor's office said.

Five gunmen...