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Mexico government has offered a $3.8m reward for the capture of fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as he has escaped from prison, PUNCH reports.
Guzman escaped from his cell late on Saturday even though he was wearing a monitoring bracelet and surveillance cameras were trained on the room 24 hours a day.
Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said on Tuesday that top prison officials have been sacked amid suspicions that guards helped him escape.
Osorio Chong said Guzman “must have counted on the complicity of prison personnel… which if confirmed would constitute an act of treason”.
Guzman, the head of notorious Sinaloa drug cartel, had been behind bars for just 17 months when he escaped for the second time since 2001, dealing a humiliating setback to President Enrique Pena Nieto’s administration.
Guzman escaped from his cell late on Saturday even though he was wearing a monitoring bracelet and surveillance cameras were trained on the room 24 hours a day.
Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said on Tuesday that top prison officials have been sacked amid suspicions that guards helped him escape.
Osorio Chong said Guzman “must have counted on the complicity of prison personnel… which if confirmed would constitute an act of treason”.
Guzman, the head of notorious Sinaloa drug cartel, had been behind bars for just 17 months when he escaped for the second time since 2001, dealing a humiliating setback to President Enrique Pena Nieto’s administration.
