'El Chapo' jail break: 'Top Mexican prison officials' among 13 new arrests

The former head of Mexico’s federal prisons and the ex-director of the Altiplano penitentiary that drug capo Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped from are among 13 additional people arrested over the jail break, according to an official.

'El Chapo' jail break: 'Top Mexican prison officials' among 13 new arrests

The former head of Mexico’s federal prisons and the ex-director of the Altiplano penitentiary that drug capo Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped from are among 13 additional people arrested over the jail break, according to an official.

A statement from the Prosecutor’s Office on Friday said 11 men and two women had been arrested, but did not name them.

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