Chapodiputada describes reported escape with El Chapo

Infobae México reported that Lucero Sánchez López, publicly known as the “Chapodiputada,” described in an interview with YouTuber Jonathan Sámano, known as Gusgri, an escape she said she experienced with Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán through a drainage tunnel in Culiacán, Sinaloa. According to Infobae México’s account, Sánchez said the episode occurred between February 17 and 18, 2014, shortly before Mexico’s Navy Secretariat arrested Guzmán at the Miramar residential development in Mazatlán. The account identifies Sánchez’s description as the basis for the details about the episode.

The report placed the interview within a broader roundup of security and organized-crime stories in Mexico. It also described a Sonora prosecutor’s office statement linking the weapon used to kill José Luis Esparza, 37, to an earlier attack in Cócorit; a dispute between criminal groups was identified in the report as a possible context for that homicide. In Mexico City, authorities were reported to have detained José “N,” alias “Odek,” and a woman identified as Brenda “N,” with alleged links to homicide, extortion and retail drug dealing.

Infobae México further reported that authorities seized more than 10 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine concealed in lemon-juice packages at Toluca International Airport during a joint operation involving the SSPC, ANAM and the National Guard. The report also said Héctor Palma Salazar, “El Güero,” left the Altiplano prison for medical care related to skin cancer. These details are presented as statements or reports attributed to the cited outlet and agencies in the material reviewed here.