The president also admitted that the Sinaloa Cartel leader’s escape from prison in July last year was a difficult time for his government. “For us, as a government, there is no doubt that it was a difficult and tense time when he escaped from prison . . . .”
But what was more important, the president said, was that authorities succeeded in recapturing Mexico’s most-wanted criminal thanks to intelligence efforts and consistent work by security forces. Peña Nieto was asked specifically about the case during a meeting at the World Economic Forum.
He said the Attorney General