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El Chapo Abuse

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3.El Chapo have not always been a free man. In 1993, EL Chapo was captured and sent to another high maximum security prison in Jalisco, Mexico. Initially, he was placed in a isolated facility until he was able to bribe and threaten the staff to place him with the other inmates. While there, they allowed him to have sex with female prisoners from other institutions, smuggle cocaine through Viagra pills, and treated him like a king (Fusion). Also, he stayed in contact with other extremely powerful drug allies, providing him with money and enforced their power among the guards (Grayson 58). After lawmakers did further investigation on his escape, it has been shown that seventy-one prison officials were receiving regular payments from 'El Chapo' (Morris 254). This continued for eight years (a few days before being extradited to the U.S.) until he decided that it was time for him to escape (Grayson 58). His major influence with his guards, led to them helping hide his body under dirty laundry and smuggling him out of the …show more content…

Just like he was able to use the tunnels to smuggle drugs and weapons, he was able to use it for his escape. Underneath the tub of El Chapo's cell was an 20-by-20 inch hole, which led thirty-two feet underground with an built in ladder (Calderwood). The tunnel was tall enough for him only because it was exactly the same height as him, five feet six inches, and it was thirty inches wide (Calderwood). This tunnel stretched almost a mile away from the prison, ending its location under a newly half built house in Santa Juana (Calderwood). Inside this tunnel, lawmakers found lights and fans, which means there was electricity, a motorcycle which he used to ride from one side of the tunnel to the other, PV ventilation pipes, an oxygen tank, and clothing that El Chapo was wearing

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