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Transfer of inmates in penal colony of Islas Marías begins

After being disincorporated from the Federal Penitentiary System, the penal colony of Islas Marías has begun transferring 525 inmates to other prison complexes in Mexico.

Alfonso Durazo, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, reported on his Twitter account that these inmates were taken to other federal centers for social rehabilitation with the help of the National Defense Secretariat and the Secretary of the Navy.

"Together with @SEDENAmx and @SEMAR_mx, we carried out the transfer of inmates from the Federal Penal Colony of Islas Marías to federal centers for social rehabilitation; We have already transferred 525 convicts. As is . . .

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