Death toll from prison attack in Mexico rises to 19

The death toll from a weekend attack at a penitentiary in Mexico’s northeastern city of Ciudad Juarez has risen to 19, Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Monday.

Sandoval provided an update on the death toll at a press conference, saying 10 inmates, seven guards and two of the attackers had been killed. 

Initially, authorities in Chihuahua state said 14 people had been killed and 13 injured.