News (Media Awareness Project) - Mexico: Drug Lord in Jail Break |
| Title: | Mexico: Drug Lord in Jail Break |
| Published On: | 2001-01-22 |
| Source: | New York Times (NY) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-28 16:24:30 |
DRUG LORD IN JAIL BREAK
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Jan. 21 - A man believed to be the former leader
of a powerful drug cartel escaped from a maximum-security prison late
Friday, and the police backed by troops have been searching the
countryside for him.
Joaquin Guzman, the reputed former head of the powerful Sinaloa drug
cartel, escaped from the Puente Grande prison in this western city by
hiding in a laundry truck.
The federal attorney general's office in Guadalajara said that 1,000
policemen and soldiers were hunting for Mr. Guzman, whose gang was
suspected of involvement in a shootout in 1993 in which a cardinal
died.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Jan. 21 - A man believed to be the former leader
of a powerful drug cartel escaped from a maximum-security prison late
Friday, and the police backed by troops have been searching the
countryside for him.
Joaquin Guzman, the reputed former head of the powerful Sinaloa drug
cartel, escaped from the Puente Grande prison in this western city by
hiding in a laundry truck.
The federal attorney general's office in Guadalajara said that 1,000
policemen and soldiers were hunting for Mr. Guzman, whose gang was
suspected of involvement in a shootout in 1993 in which a cardinal
died.
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