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| Video of ‘El Chapo’ Prison Break in Mexico Surfaces | Video of ‘El Chapo’ Prison Break in Mexico Surfaces |
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| Surveillance video broadcast by Mexican government officials on Tuesday shows the moment the drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera began a brazen escape from the highest-security prison in Mexico last weekend. | |
| Mr. Guzmán, known as El Chapo, or Shorty, led the multibillion-dollar Sinaloa Cartel, evading prison for 13 years before he was captured by American and Mexican authorities at the seaside resort of Mazatlán, Mexico, last year. | Mr. Guzmán, known as El Chapo, or Shorty, led the multibillion-dollar Sinaloa Cartel, evading prison for 13 years before he was captured by American and Mexican authorities at the seaside resort of Mazatlán, Mexico, last year. |
| He is notorious for ordering the construction of tunnels to both transport drugs and evade the authorities. | He is notorious for ordering the construction of tunnels to both transport drugs and evade the authorities. |
| In the video, he is seen crouching behind a partial wall meant to give prisoners privacy while showering — and then he is gone. The authorities discovered a two foot-by-two foot hole in the shower floor and 30 feet beneath it a mile-long tunnel equipped with lighting, ventilation and a motorcycle on rails. At the other end of the tunnel was a hole in the ground at a construction site. | In the video, he is seen crouching behind a partial wall meant to give prisoners privacy while showering — and then he is gone. The authorities discovered a two foot-by-two foot hole in the shower floor and 30 feet beneath it a mile-long tunnel equipped with lighting, ventilation and a motorcycle on rails. At the other end of the tunnel was a hole in the ground at a construction site. |
| At a news conference, the national security commissioner, Monte Alejandro Rubido, showed the video and said that prison employees who had been working during the escape would be questioned. | At a news conference, the national security commissioner, Monte Alejandro Rubido, showed the video and said that prison employees who had been working during the escape would be questioned. |
| “It’s kind of like a joke,” Carl Pike, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration official told The New York Times on Tuesday. “ ‘Gee, a tunnel. Who would have thought?’ It’s kind of a no-brainer.” | “It’s kind of like a joke,” Carl Pike, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration official told The New York Times on Tuesday. “ ‘Gee, a tunnel. Who would have thought?’ It’s kind of a no-brainer.” |
| American officials have offered a sweeping set of measures to help in the manhunt for Mr. Guzmán, including drones, marshals, even a special task force. | |
| But officials on both sides of the border say that the Mexican government has kept the Americans at bay, without giving an answer on the extra help, confounding law enforcement officials and stalling efforts to recapture Mr. Guzmán. | |
| Drug Enforcement Administration documents show that the agency warned Mexican officials 16 months ago about an escape attempt, immediately after Mr. Guzmán was caught, according to The Associated Press. | Drug Enforcement Administration documents show that the agency warned Mexican officials 16 months ago about an escape attempt, immediately after Mr. Guzmán was caught, according to The Associated Press. |
| By some accounts, the last time Mr. Guzmán escaped, in 2001, he hid in a laundry cart. |