London
(ANI):
Mel
Gibson
has
landed
in
a
new
controversy
with
his
Mexican
movie
—relatives
of
inmates
at
a
Veracruz
jail
have
blasted
plans
to
move
prisoners
to
make
way
for
the
film
shoot.
The
Hollywood
actor-turned-director
had
planned
to
film
the
Ignacio
Allende
prison
in
the
eastern
coastal
city.
Earlier
this
month,
Veracruz
state
governor,
Fidel
Herrera
Beltran,
announced
that
prisoners
would
be
moved
out
of
the
jail
to
allow
the
film
crew
to
work
there.
Authorities
had
previously
planned
to
transfer
inmates
to
a
new
prison
in
the
town
next
year
(10).
However,
families
fear
that
their
loved
ones
will
be
sent
to
facilities
across
the
country
if
the
jail
is
not
built
in
time,
reports
the
Daily
Express.
Hundreds
of
family
members
launched
demonstrations
outside
the
prison
on
Monday
(28Dec09)
in
a
bid
to
stop
the
transfers
until
the
new
unit
is
ready.
The
24-hour
protest
reportedly
came
to
an
end
on
Tuesday
after
the
prison''s
director
announced
he
had
received
no
orders
to
transfer
inmates
and
promised
that
the
families
would
be
informed
if
any
prisoners
were
to
be
moved.
Gibson
previously
filmed
his
2006
epic
Apocalypto
in
Veracruz
and
subsequently
handed
local
authorities
a
690,000-pound
donation
to
help
build
new
homes
for
victims
of
2005''s
Hurricane
Stan