Mexican federal officials confirmed that 7 people who were arrested for questioning on the escape of Mexican druglord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmann have been formally arrested and will be in court soon.
The officials did not state if those arrested were prison guards or official in the parlinintentiary system. Since the escape of the drug lord, over three dozen people has been picked for questioning, it is unclear how many people will still be charged, but investigation continues.
On Saturday, July 11, El Chapo sneaked out of his prison cell through a tunnel his drug kingpin had dug for approximately a year to allow him escape. The drug lord escaped from the most secured prison in Mexico, Altiplano Prison.
At the time of this writing, no high ranking senior official has been fired, and the Mexican president who was on a trip to France when Guzman escaped came back on Friday and gave a speech.
The president said that the escape has caused indignation, frustration, anger in broad sectors of society.
But in what appeared be a reference to questions about why no high-ranking official has been fired in relation to the escape, Pena Nieto said “We are not going to solve this issue by getting angry, and filling ourselves with rage.”
“The only way to answer this insult without doubt is by recapturing this criminal,” he said.