No exit: El Chapo likely off to 'Alcatraz of the Rockies'

 

February 14, 2019



NEW YORK (AP) — In the world of corrections, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then there's El Chapo.

Drug lord Joaquin Guzman has an unparalleled record of jailbreaks, having escaped two high-security Mexican prisons before his ultimate capture and extradition to the United States.

So with Guzman convicted Tuesday of drug trafficking and staring at an expected life sentence, where will the U.S. imprison a larger-than-life kingpin with a Houdini-like tendency to slip away?

Experts say Guzman seems the ideal candidate for the federal government's "Supermax" prison in Florence, Colo...



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