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How a Bloody Prison Massacre Became a Tourist Hotspot
BLOODY HISTORY
33 inmates died during the bloody riots that swept New Mexico’s ‘Old Main’ Penitentiary in 1980. Today, groups tour the site and hear about the gruesome events that occurred there.
Samuel Gilbert
Published
Aug. 10 2015
1:08AM EDT
Gabriela Campos
Samuel Gilbert
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