On this day - 11 July
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
El Chapo escapes prison a second time
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, more commonly known as El Chapo, is a former leader within the Sinaloa Cartel and was involved in drug trafficking. He was arrested in 1993 and escaped from prison in 2001 with a lot of insider help, including a guard who opened his cell door and a maintenance worker who pushed him through the facility and out in a laundry cart.
He was arrested a second time in 2014 and went to prison. On July 18th 2015 he escaped prison via an elaborate underground tunnel that led from the shower area in his cell to a construction site 1.5kms away. The tunnel featured artificial lighting and was 1.7m tall. A motorbike was found inside the tunnel.
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