Las Cruces, NM – The Dona Ana County District Attorney’s Office has released footage from the night two correctional officers were attacked by a group of inmates last month. Five inmates allegedly cornered and ambushed the guards at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Las Cruces on July 16. According to New Mexico State Police, the sergeant and officer escorted a nurse to deliver medicine to inmates at about 7:30 p.m. on July 16. During the visit, an inmate got into an argument with the control center officer, police say. Officials say the guards escorted the nurse out of the pod and returned to place the inmate in lockdown after the medicine was handed out. The two correctional officers were injured and taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.