How Many Times Has El Chapo Escaped Prison
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How Many Times Has El Chapo Escaped Prison
- Another escape for El Chapo, Mexico's most famous drug lord, would have made it a hat trick. He has already given two maximum security prisons the slip.
- Mexico's most prized prisoner, drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, 56, escaped from a maximum security prison for a second time through an elaborate one-mile ventilated, well-lit underground.
Has Anyone Ever Escaped Jail
Still, Donovan believes El Chapo will live out the rest of his days alone, in prison. 'No one has ever escaped Supermax. He has no chance at all of ever getting out of there.' CNN's Sonia Moghe. In that time, El Chapo oversaw one of the largest drug smuggling operations in human history until his arrest in 2014. Compared to thirteen years on the run, prison was practically a vacation for El Chapo. Regular bribes ensured that El Chapo spent his days enjoying the company of prostitutes in the most luxurious prison cell money could buy.