• ESCAPE: Three inmates wanted by US law enforcement, including one high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel -with close links to the family of imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán- escaped from a Mexico City prison early on Wednesday.
• THREE: One of the prisoners who fled, Víctor Manuel Félix Beltrán is described by the US Treasury Department as a “lieutenant” working directly for the sons of “El Chapo” and, who in 2019 was found guilty of several drug trafficking charges and is now in the Supermax prison in Colorado.
• CORRUPTION: “The escape of an inmate from this (penitentiary) center cannot be carried out without the assistance of public officials. We must say this clearly”, said Rosa Icela Rodríguez, secretary of government of Mexico City. Rodriguez added, the inmates evaded at least 5 internal gates.
• US COURTS: Félix Beltran faces drug trafficking and money laundering charges before the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as part of a larger 2014 indictment that also involves “Chapo” Guzmán and his old-time business partner Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.
