Guzman ran this previous jail, just as he ran the cartel. A modified motorcycle may have been used by guzman to zip along the track during his escape. Mexican authorities found a dead bird in the drug lord joaquin guzman loeras cell, and think it may have been used the way miners once. The series premiered on april 23, 2017 on univision before airing on netflix worldwide. First escape mexican drug lords brazen tunnel escape. Clearly, this was a wellplanned and executed escape. Additional video shows the tunnel he used to escape. Men freeze in place, holding pickaxes and shovels at the ready inside a welllit. Yet, if a disturbing video recently uncovered by police is to be believed, he will be able to make another escape in 2017 whenever he wants to. Reuters it is the second time guzman, head of the sinaloa. And no one was more chagrined at his escape from a mexican prison through a milelong tunnel.
Mexican federal police near the altiplano maximum security prison sunday in almoloya, mexico. In a newly released video mexican marines can be seen smashing through the. That this escape involved a tunnel is shocking but not surprising. This, as mexicos president refuses to confirm or deny reports that at least 2,500 agents were assigned to track. After getting medical attention, cameras last spotted guzman at 20. He then famously used a milelong tunnel to escape from prison last july. Jul, 2015 the tunnel was more than two feet wide and more than five feet high, tall enough for him to walk standing upright, and was burrowed more than 30 feet underground. Jose sanchez villalobos was the alleged brains behind two stateoftheart tunnels linking tijuana on the. Authorities fear notorious drug lord will escape prison for third time. Jul 14, 2015 mexican drug lords escape tunnel was deep and high tech july 14, 2015 5. Jul 12, 2015 a manhunt has been launched to find mexican drug kingpin joaquin guzman after he escaped from prison. Guzmans first escape was fictionalized by novelist don winslow in his new book. The prison break of joaquin guzman loera humiliated the mexican government, which had touted his capture as a crucial achievement in the. Planners and builders managed to burrow through dirt and rock right to the one spot in joaquin guzman s cell that surveillance.
The success was touted as a huge win for authorities, who by then had deemed guzman the most powerful drug. The onemilelong, 2ftwide tunnel dug underneath the prison led. Mexicos cartel leader joaquin guzman broke out of a maximumsecurity jail at the weekend in a hollywoodstyle escape that saw him scurrying down an. Mexican kingpin in brazen escape via elaborate tunnel. Drug lord immediately taken to alcatraz supermax jail by.
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