Bloodstained road to recovery
(WorldNews Mexico)

The New Mexico prison riot of Feb. 2-3, 1980, “was a very dark chapter in the history of our state. It was a tragedy for the families of the inmates who had been killed and the corrections officers held hostage, beaten and traumatized.� - Then-Attorney General Jeff Bingaman, in a recent interview The carnage didn’t end when state and local police reclaimed the prison after 36 hours of unspeakable violence that left 33 inmates dead and much of the prison a smoldering ruin. ADVERTISEMENTSkip ................................................................ The cleanup effort and costs were staggering as legislators scrambled to approve a $38 million emergency appropriation....