An abandoned prison that caged notorious cartel killers has been found by an urban explorer and viewers are freaked out.
Jose Flores, who has 6.1 million followers on TikTok and 50,000 on Instagram, entered the former jail through a window with a friend.
The two videos he posted online have racked up 1.1 million and 510,000 times respectively, as Mr Flores shows Topo Chico which was once home to cartel criminals and rapists.
The building was inaugurated as a state prison in Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico in 1943 and closed in September 2019 with plans to turn it into the headquarters of the Historical Archive of Nuevo León, but it has since been left in disrepair.
Mr Flores said: “The prison was closed due to the great insecurity within it and because there was no type of control by the authorities.
“Inside Topo Chico, prisoners did what they wanted and lived in deplorable conditions. Several riots were carried out by the inmates due to the different rival gangs in the place.
“The prisoners included murderers and notorious rapists in Mexico. Inside the prison, it feels like someone is watching you all the time.”
He added: “It has a very heavy vibe and strange sounds echoing all the time.”
In February 2016, 49 inmates were killed and 12 were injured during a fight between rival members of the Zetas Cartel and the Gulf Cartel.
The riot caused fires in the kitchen, food cellar and other parts of the prison.
A second fight in June that year left three inmates dead and 21 injured.
The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) said overcrowding and understaffing led to the tragic riots and the prison was closed shortly afterwards.
One TikTok user commented: “It resembles the prison that appears in The Walking Dead.”
Alan Alcaraz said: “They did not abandon it, the inmates were moved to two new prisons and they demolished that one to make a public park and left only the main pavilions.”
“That place is full of demons,” said another.
