Drug Lord’s Bid to Escape Prison Is Foiled
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From Times Wire Reports
A former drug lord tried but failed to escape with guards’ help from a maximum-security prison in western Mexico a day after authorities told him he would be extradited to the U.S.
Federal police said guards removed Hector Palma, of the Sinaloa drug cartel, from his cell and escorted him to an unauthorized visit with his family.
As guards were returning him to his cell, the power went off and guards led him to a low-security prison courtroom. Authorities staffing an off-site monitoring system grew suspicious and foiled the escape bid.
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