A policeman runs by the La Mesa State Penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico, where a second riot in three days left at least 17 people dead. (Said Betanzos / AFP / Getty Images)
Police officers guard a door to La Mesa State Penitentiary during the first of two riots at the Tijuana prison. (Guillermo Arias / Associated Press)
A police officer climbs a wall as part of the effort to end the first of two riots at La Mesa State Penitentiary in Tijuana. (Guillermo Arias / Associated Press)
Holding up a sign that reads, in Spanish, “We want better treatment by the authorities,” inmates gather on the roof of a building during the first of two recent riots at La Mesa State Penitentiary in Tijuana. (Guillermo Arias / Associated Press)
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The moon rises over inmates gathered on the roof of La Mesa State Penitentiary in Tijuana during the first of two recent riots. (Guillermo Arias / Associated Press)
Relatives of inmates at La Mesa State Penitentiary cry as they leave the Tijuana prison after the first of two recent riots broke out. (Guillermo Arias / Associated Press)
An injured prisoner waits for an ambulance after inmates staged the first of two riots at La Mesa State Penitentiary in Tijuana. (Guillermo Arias / Associated Press)
A police officer passes by a burned car as he guards the perimeter of La Mesa State Penitentiary during the first of two riots at the Tijuana facility. (Guillermo Arias / Associated Press)