Workers Make Changes to Altiplano Prison to Prevent Another El Chapo-Style Escape Carlos Loret de Mola - Fusion
go to original September 8, 2015

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After the humiliating prison escape by drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, authorities in Mexico have decided it’s time to reinforce the country’s maximum-security prison.

Inside the Altiplano prison that once housed Guzman, construction has quietly been underway to bolster security, most notably in the hall that leads to the drug kingpin’s old cell (No. 20).

Guzman escaped in mid-July, slipping through a 2×2-foot hole underneath the shower in his cell and fleeing through a tunnel.

Until recently, the top-security wing also held some of Mexico’s other top drug lords, including La Tuta, Z42, and La Barbie. But their cells are empty now as construction workers make changes to the prison’s structure in what in theory should have been the most secure wing in the most secure prison in Mexico.

Read more and see pictures that show some of the changes at Fusion

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