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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Top Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman escapes from prison
2015-07-12

Top Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has escaped from a maximum security prison for the second time, officials announced late Saturday.
Oh! Oh! I seen dis movie! It's a sequel!
Guzman, who headed the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, was last seen in the showers of the Altiplano prison, about 56 miles outside the Mexico City, according to a statement from the National Security Commission. He went to the shower area but after some time was lost by security camera surveillance. When authorities went to check his cell, it was empty.

A manhunt began immediately in the surrounding area and highways. Flights have also been suspended at Toluca airport near the penitentiary.

Guzman was captured in February 2014 after more than a decade on the lam. He was listed as 56 years old at the time, though there are varying dates for his birth. He faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. and was on the DEA's most-wanted list.
Posted by:Frank G

#6  Misinformation-n-Disinformation, Riddles + Mysteries wrapped around Enigmas, Paradoxes + Hyperdoxes, ... ...@etc.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-07-12 22:39  

#5  As per CNN AM, besides mention of the possible + highly likely "inside job", I was surprised to hear the CNN Reporter say that Guzman had allegedly received offers of help or sympathy from places "as far away as GUAM".

["MACHETE/MACHETE KILLS" Movies here].

BESIDES A PHILIPPINE NEWS ANALYST-COMMENTATOR WONDERING IFF THE SUPPOSEDLY DEAD OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS ACTUALLY ALIVE-N-WELL + LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES, NOW COMES THE SCENARIO WHERE GUZMAN'S TUNNEL EXTENDS ALL THE WAY UW TO GUAM = GUAM-WESTPAC, WID HIM + OBL TO MEET UP IN MANILA OR HONG KONG???

The superficial humor or sarcasm of this PH News Analyst-Commentator belies his personal seriousness underneath, as per the overall, genuine nature or essence of "Black/Covert Ops", be it CIA-INTEL andor the UNDERWORLD-MAFIA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-07-12 22:36  

#4   Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, escaped from a maximum security prison through a 1.5-kilometer (1 mile) tunnel from a small opening in the shower area of his cell, the country's top security official announced Sunday.

The elaborate underground escape route built allegedly without the detection of authorities allowed Guzman to do what Mexican officials promised would never happen after his re-capture last year — slip out of one of the country's most secure penitentiaries for the second time.

Eighteen employees from various part of the Altiplano prison 55 miles (90 kilometers) west of Mexico City have been taken in for questioning, Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said in a news conference without answering questions.

It was difficult to believe that such an elaborate structure could have been built without the detection of authorities, though photographs show the facility surrounded by construction, with large open ditches and lots of metal drainage pipes that could have camouflaged such a project. The tunnel terminated in a half-built house in a rural farm field near the prison, according to authorities who cordoned off the structure. Guzman dropped by ladder into a hole 10 meters (yards) deep that connected with a tunnel about 1.7 meters (yards) high that was fully ventilated.
Posted by: Frank G   2015-07-12 14:33  

#3  Search San Francisco.
Posted by: charger   2015-07-12 12:18  

#2  Help from insiders is highly likely.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2015-07-12 12:11  

#1  Search Eric Holder's office.
Posted by: Airandee   2015-07-12 09:25  

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