Hundreds of people have demonstrated outside a Mexican jail against plans to move inmates to make way for a film shoot with actor-director Mel Gibson.

One relative held up a sign outside the Ignacio Allende prison in the Gulf coast city of Veracruz saying “No transfers to make a movie”.

The Veracruz state governor said prisoners would be transferred from January 2010 to make way for filming.

Their families say the move would make visits difficult and expensive.