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Mexico Kingpin 'Chapo' Guzman Stages Brazen Jailbreak in Blow to President

Sun, 07/12/2015 - 1:57pm

Mexico Kingpin 'Chapo' Guzman Stages Brazen Jailbreak in Blow to President by Gabriel Stargardter and Dave Graham, Reuters

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman broke out of a high security prison on Saturday night for the second time, escaping in a tunnel built right under his cell, and heaping embarrassment on President Enrique Pena Nieto.

The kingpin snuck out of the prison through a subterranean tunnel more than 1.5 km (1 mile) long that ended in a building site in the local town, National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido told a news conference on Sunday…

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