Dressed as guards, two "very dangerous" prisoners escaped from Sinaloa prison

CITY OF MEXICO (appr) .- Two prisoners of maximum danger, one of whom is mentioned as the financial operator of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán, escaped last Sunday from the prison Aguaruto de Culiacán by the main door and dressed as guards, informed Fermín Hernández, secretary of public security of Sinaloa.

He also mentioned that the detainees were accompanied by two guards who are now on the run.

"At three o'clock in the morning, the escape of two prisoners is detected.We assume the alleged participation of guardian elements because the escape is carried out through the main door," he said. added.

The escape seemed to be the departure of four prison guards because they "are all dressed as such". The official reported that, as can be seen in the videos of the security cameras, Julián Grimaldi and Carlos Jesús Salmón, the escaped prisoners, bypassed six security filters and left the prison with their accomplices in four vehicles arrived on the places. 19659002] Hernandez refused to give details of the fugitives, but according to local press reports, Grimaldi is identified as a financial operator of the Sinaloa cartel and accused of participating in the ambush of a military convoy on 30 September 2016 in Culiacán, in which killed five soldiers and 10 were wounded.

This subject was imprisoned last February accused of crimes against health and carrying more than fire for the exclusive use of the army, that is why the government of Sinaloa had requested his transfer to a maximum security prison, however, the detainee was granted a remedy to stay in the local prison.

links with the cartel of Beltrán Leyva and is attributed to the attack committed in July 2012 against a convoy of the ministerial police of Sinaloa in Tetamboca, municipality of El Fuerte, where seven agents died.

Entered the prison in February 2016 for the crimes of homicide qualified with premeditation and intentional homicide. Like Grimaldi, he got a call not to be transferred to a maximum security prison.

Fermín Hernández, assures that the corresponding process has already been activated to locate the two detainees of the Aguaruto Penitentiary Center in Culiacán

For this, he said, the State Preventive Police will have the support and the coordination of the authorities of the different levels of government.

In addition, he reported that Governor Quirino Ordaz Coppel had asked him to strengthen security measures in all prisons of the entity and avoid similar situations.