SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Records show an inmate who survived having his throat slashed in a 2017 prison riot has reached a financial settlement with the state of New Mexico that provides him with $200,000. Samuel A. Sanchez accused the state and a private prison operator of negligence after a convicted serial killer persuaded an inexperienced guard to open a cell door, setting off chaos at Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Clayton. The Corrections Department recently took over operation of the prison as the state re-evaluates partnerships with for-profit prison companies. Attorneys for Sanchez could not immediately be reached, and the Corrections Department had no immediate comment on the significance of the settlement.