As El Chapo Escaped Prison, Guards Reportedly Played Challenging Game of Solitaire Joshua Partlow - Washington Post
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Mexico's Extraordinary Escape (Al Jazeera English)

A lot has been written since Guzmán tunneled out of jail over the summer, but not much of it has clarified who helped him or how. There have been reports that the tunnel-building wasn’t much of a secret in the prison before his escape, that other inmates and guards could hear loud noises as his accomplices cut through the concrete floor of his cell.

The El Universal story, by prominent columnist Carlos Loret de Mora, raises the possibility that garden-variety office ennui might have been a factor. It said Juan Carlos Sánchez Garcia and José Daniel Aureoles Tabares, two agents from the Mexican intelligence service, had initially told investigators that their computer screens froze minutes before Guzmán’s escape at 9 p.m. on July 11 and that they made more than two dozen frantic calls when they realized he had disappeared. But a judge in the confidential proceedings has determined that at the time of the escape the two men were playing cards and that other computer screens were turned off, according to the report. It remains unclear whether the inattention was intentional.

One of Guzmán’s attorneys, Juan Pablo Badillo, declined to comment about the allegation, as did the attorney general’s office, which is investigating the case.

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