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Shawshank Redemption, “El Chapo” Style

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Cartel leader, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as “El Chapo” has become somewhat of a living legend for his multiple escapes. While he leads the notoriously violent Sinaloa cartel, some in Mexico view him as a Robin Hood-esque figure.

In 2015, El Chapo staged his most extraordinary escape from the maximum-security prison, Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1. He had help from the outside for what unfolded next. Thirty-three feet deep in the ground lay a tunnel equipped with lights and air ducts, surely made by skilled construction workers. The tunnel ended nearly a mile away in a shower in an under-construction house. He was caught around six months later and has since been extradited to the United States.