7 Charged in Deaths of 2 Fellow Inmates at Prison in Texas

Vehicles are checked as they enter the Federal Bureau of Prisons complex in Beaumont, Texas, on June 2, 2004. David J. Phillip/AP Photo

BEAUMONT, Texas—Seven inmates have been charged with killing two fellow prisoners and wounding two others during a January attack at a federal prison in Texas that led to a nationwide lockdown of the federal prison system.

The 15-count indictment filed this week includes charges of racketeering, murder, and attempted murder against Juan Carolos Rivas-Moreiera; Dimas Alfaro-Granados; Raul Landaverde-Giron; Larry Navarete; Jorge Parada; Hector Ramires; and Sergio Sibrian.