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Security & Strategic Review - October 2015 (ISSN 1741-4202)
MEXICO: Another ‘near miss’ in the hunt for ‘el Chapo’
Ninety-seven days after Joaquín Guzmán (‘el Chapo’) broke out of the Altiplano high-security prison, the government’s security cabinet announced that he had evaded recapture somewhere in the northeast of the country and in his flight had suffered injuries to a leg and his face ― not, the official communiqué said, as a result of a ‘direct confrontation’. To date, the authorities have not added any precision to this account, save to deny some claims in the media. Though a full, accurate account is yet to emerge, the information that has become available suggests that the government may have had good reasons to remain tight-lipped.
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- COLOMBIA: Addressing the ‘disappearances’ & talks with ELN
- VENEZUELA: Border measures to last beyond elections
- PERU: Military ‘victory’ called into question
- POINTERS
- MEXICO: Another ‘near miss’ in the hunt for ‘el Chapo’
- MEXICO: Where the guns have been turning up
- POINTERS
- CHILE: Calls for tougher response as attacks multiply in the south
- POINTERS
- EL SALVADOR: Violence escalates as gangs fight on two fronts
- POINTERS