> this powerful escape artist of a drug lord
The claim that a a billionaire drug dealer in Mexico has to "escape" by crawling out of a tunnel from a rural Mexican jail is pretty funny.
He probably just walked out and the tunnel was built to make the administration of the jail look less guilty despite the fact they were probably fully aware of what was happening.
The problem with coming in contact with people like Guzman is you can chose between cooperating or misery & death. I'm sure the head of that jail decided he'd cooperate the moment he heard Guzman would be housed there and who can blame him.