Posted on 07/13/2015 2:30:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Mexican authorities searched frantically on Monday for the notorious drug kingpin known as "El Chapo" — but there was no sign of him more than 24 hours after his astonishing, elaborate escape from a maximum-security prison.
In a devastating embarrassment for the Mexican government, the kingpin, Joaquin Guzman, slipped into a shaft through the shower floor of his prison cell and got away in a mile-long, ventilated tunnel outfitted with a motorbike.
"This is like capturing Osama bin Laden, having him spend a year in prison, and then walking away from that prison only to re-engage in his terrorist activities," said Anthony Coulson, a former supervisor at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Besides Mexico, Guzman has been charged with crimes in several U.S. jurisdictions, including New York, Chicago and Miami. Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, told reporters that the United States "is very interested in making sure that Mr. Guzman is brought to justice."
Attorney General Loretta Lynch spoke with her Mexican counterpart on Sunday.
Former U.S. drug enforcement officials have said they fear that Guzman could quickly retake control of the Sinaloa cartel, which reaches deep into the United States and far around the world.
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In fact, I bet it's the same dude... looking for attention.
That has some comedic value.
He’s meeting with the professional politicians at an undisclosed location in San Francisco. A big strategy meeting hosted by Bush and Clinton.
Why do I get the feeling that the Mex government probably is not too “frantic” at all. Probably hoping the bribes start flowing freely again.
He is most likely to be in one of mansions somewhere in the USA by now, doncha know! Much safer on this side of the Rio Grande.
Sounds like he’s in the US.
Mexico should simply kill drug kingpins. They tend to stay dead and behave themselves.
NBC: In a devastating embarrassment for the Mexican government
"Frantic searches" aside - he's probably living just down the block from head of "Comision Nacional de Seguridad" or Mexico's Ministry of Interior.
‘I’m going to make you eat your words’: Mexico’s billion-dollar drugs lord THREATENS Donald Trump on Twitter account ‘run by his son’ and taunts the world after his dramatic escape from prison
He’s in LA; San Francisco is still to hot.
An Uber driver just dropped off El Chapo at the entrance of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas?
Send In……
The Three Amigos!
He’s in Ecuador by now.
YEARS ago, Merle and Willie nailed it:
“All the federalies say ‘We could have had him any day. We only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose.’”
A country that allowed this tunnel to be built in the first place is now hunting him down. Nicely done.
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