07-12-2015, 11:04 AM
El Chapo Escapes
The powerful drug lord known as Mexico's Osama bin Laden has escaped from a maximum security jail - fleeing through an elaborate network of tunnels underneath his cell.
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^ Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, head of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, is on the run from Altiplano jail, 50 miles outside of Mexico City.
Officials said his audacious escape saw him flee through the mile-long tunnel, which led to a building under construction next to the prison.
A huge search operation is underway to find the notorious drugs baron, with flights from nearby Toluca Airport cancelled as police desperately try to hunt him down.
El Chapo is bad 'effin news. His cartel has been responsible for an estimated 100,000 murders. He's worth over $1 billion USD. And, before his capture last year, he was ranked one of the world's 50 most powerful people by Forbes and had a $15,000,000 USD bounty on his head.
This is the second time El Chapo has escaped prison. In 2001, prison guards helped him bust out in a laundry basket. He eluded authorities for 13 years, before being recaptured while on vacation with his family early last year (recapture details covered here: http://mockforums.net/showthread.php?tid=4080&page=5 ).
Ref: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...capes.html
The powerful drug lord known as Mexico's Osama bin Laden has escaped from a maximum security jail - fleeing through an elaborate network of tunnels underneath his cell.
^ Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, head of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, is on the run from Altiplano jail, 50 miles outside of Mexico City.
Officials said his audacious escape saw him flee through the mile-long tunnel, which led to a building under construction next to the prison.
A huge search operation is underway to find the notorious drugs baron, with flights from nearby Toluca Airport cancelled as police desperately try to hunt him down.
El Chapo is bad 'effin news. His cartel has been responsible for an estimated 100,000 murders. He's worth over $1 billion USD. And, before his capture last year, he was ranked one of the world's 50 most powerful people by Forbes and had a $15,000,000 USD bounty on his head.
This is the second time El Chapo has escaped prison. In 2001, prison guards helped him bust out in a laundry basket. He eluded authorities for 13 years, before being recaptured while on vacation with his family early last year (recapture details covered here: http://mockforums.net/showthread.php?tid=4080&page=5 ).
Ref: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...capes.html