Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, known for repeatedly escaping from Mexican prisons, is now at a federal prison in Florence considered escape-proof, where ultra-violent prisoners once beat. Famously, El Chapo has escaped twice from Mexican high-security prisons: Once in 2001, in a cart of dirty laundry, and most recently in July 2015, using a mile-long tunnel that led directly to his.
BRIEFEL CHAPO/ 30 SEP 2015 BY POWERTOOL WORLD*EN
Compiling information on the methods likely used by those digging the tunnel that Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped prison through, this detailed infographic presents the tools and costs of the operation.
For the second time in 15 years Mexico’s most infamous drug lord escaped from a maximum-security prison. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, or the king of drains and tunnels, and his Sinaloa Cartel have been credited with building nearly 100 other tunnels on the US-Mexico border, including one he referred to as an “f’n cool tunnel.” Taking 12-16 months to make and costing an estimated $5 million dollars, how did he do it?
We dig a little deeper.
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