MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mel Gibson has visited a prison in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz where local officials say he is scouting locations for a new movie.

Gibson told reporters outside Veracruz's Ignacio Allende prison that it is hard for him to speak in front of microphones.

But the Veracruz state director of cinema says the purpose of Sunday's visit is to see locations.

Prospero Rebolledo says Gibson's people are just looking for locations for a film, ''there is no script, right now they are looking precisely for places to do it.''

Gibson filmed his 2006 film ''Apocalypto'' in another part of Veracruz state.

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