One of Mexico's most notorious prisons begins a new chapter this weekend as a Pacific Ocean getaway.
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President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday evening opened the Islas Marias Tourist Center, bidding to turn the decades-old federal prison in the Islas Marias archipelago into an environmental attraction and place for history lovers. Mandela is"an example that even behind prison walls, ideals and change can live on for those who want to change history," Mexico's government said in a promotional video.Located about 62 miles off the western state of Nayarit, the Islas Marias became a prison in 1905 under dictator Porfirio Diaz and was in almost constant use until it was closed by Lopez Obrador in 2019.
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