Negotiations are continuing with the leaders of about 2,000 inmates who have seized control of part of a federal prison in South Texas in what a sheriff calls an “uprising.”
Willacy County Sheriff Larry Spence on Saturday declined to discuss the main points of the negotiations but said there are no hostages involved in the standoff at the Willacy County Correctional Center and only minor injuries reported.
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Several agencies responded to the correctional center Friday, but the FBI assumed command of the effort Saturday.
FBI spokesman Erik Vasys on Saturday said he didn’t have an update on negotiations.
