By Lucio R. for Borderland Beat
Last February, the Intelligence Division of the Federal Police obtained information revealing that Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had intended to escape the Federal Altiplano Prison.
Reforma reports that Mauricio Enriquez, a member of that division and one of the agents monitoring (with audio) Guzman from Mexico City, said in his declaration to the PGR agency that intelligence captured a prisoner talking about the escape Chapo Guzman was planning.
In February 2015, information was captured on audio intelligence, from the prison area of Special Treatments. It was protected witness, Jose Jorge Balderas Garza, "El JJ", (left) who said that "El Chapo" Guzman was planning to escape. This information was forwarded directly, in writing, to prison director, Valentin Cardenas Lerma. The agent confirmed that the director received the report.
Cardenas Lerma is now incarcerated for her suspected role in El Chapo’s July prison escape.
Formerly with BLO, “JJ” shot and wounded futbol player Salvador Cabañas on January, 2010. It
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was through security camera footage that “JJ” was identified as the attacker. It is that case that landed “J” in Altiplano,where he became a protective witness testifying to the interworkings if BLO and CIDA cartels, including the heavy role that all levels, municipal, state and federal government played in the operation, to read more follow this hyperlink.
Cardenas Lerma is now incarcerated for her suspected role in El Chapo’s July prison escape.
Alberto de la Cruz, the attorney representing the 11 federal agents charged in the Chapo escape, says that the monitoring centers at the prison, which monitored Chapo, had identical monitoring as the center at Cisen in D.F. (Mexico City), yet only the agents at the prison were charged in the
High profile inmates objected to Chapo’s preferential treatment
Omar Trevino, "42", Los Zetas and Mario Casarrubias Salgado, Guerreros Unidos, were irritated and complained about "El Chapo", receiving special privileges not given any other prisoner.
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| Chapo "watching" television with the volume raised high |
Such favored treatment include; unscheduled visits (all visits are to be approved and scheduled) a television in his cell and permission to have the volume raised, and never having to change cells. It is customary at Altiplano to have cell changes on a regular basis.
Of course changing of cells would have nixed the tunnel plan, and the raised television volume was to help shroud the sound of the tunnel construction.
PGR has confirmed the complaints and confirmed Chapo was given permission to raise the volume on the T.V. It did not say on what basis Chapo asked permission, but only one comes to mind, he may have feigned a level of deafness.
When the audio was released if the “break out” video, you can hear the TV was at an extremely loud audio level although Chapo’s head was only a couple of feet from the mini television. (see transcript of audio here)
Chapo was arrested in February, 2014, the land used in conjunction with the tunnel construction was purchased 90 days later.
Material from Reforma and BB archives were used to write this post
Material from Reforma and BB archives were used to write this post