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Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape.

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Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán

Mexican drug lord incarcerated in a US federal prison (born 1957)

Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, commonly known as "El Chapo", is a Mexican former drug lord and a former leader within the Sinaloa Cartel. Guzmán is believed to be responsible for the deaths of over 34,000 people, and was considered to be the most powerful drug trafficker in…
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Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1

Maximum security federal prison in Mexico

The Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 "Altiplano" is a maximum security federal prison of the Secretariat of Public Security in Mexico. It was originally called the Penal de Máxima Seguridad No. 1 "Almoloya de Juárez", later renamed the Federal Social Readaptation Center…
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