The search for the Mexican drug lord "El Chapo" continues as seven prison workers are now suspected to be accessories to his escape.
In the latest report by CNN, seven prison workers were linked to the escape of Mexican king pin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. According to a statement by Mexico's attorney general, the said seven workers will be held in jail in the state of Guanajuato while the police investigation is ongoing.
The report stated that it took about 18 minutes for the guards to reach El Chapo's cell after there was no sight of him in the surveillance video. The investigators are trying to determine whether the guard's slow repose contributed to Guzman's escape last week.
"That is part of what the attorney general's office is looking at -- if the protocols were fulfilled in the correct times," said Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong in a press conference.
Osorio said that the prison director and some other officials were already fired. The Mexican authorities already announced a $3.8 million reward for whoever can give information that can lead to Guzman's capture.
Guzman, who is known as Mexico's most notorious drug lord, was able to vanish through a hole under the shower of his prison cell. Authorities added that he fled through a mile-long tunnel to reach his freedom. El Chapo was videotaped 24 hours every day aside from the time he needs for privacy like when he is using the toilet and shower.
In another report by Daily Mail, guards of the maximum security prison treated the drug lord with respect and even referred to him as "Lord." Political prisoner Bertoldo Martinez Cruz was able to give a glimpse of how Guzman was treated behind bars.
Cruz said that he was treated "very badly" but Guzman would help him by using his power. He also added that El Chapo was a very privileged prisoner and was the only one to have a cell phone inside jail.
"(They treated El Chapo with) great respect. They addressed him as 'Don Joaquin' and when he was not present they called him 'Lord,'" Cruz said.
El Chapo's second escape from prison has brought humiliation to President Enrique Pena Nieto's government, according to Business Insider. The article said that this only proved and exposed the limits of the federal government's power.
Guzman's mother still lives in a family ranch of La Tuna which is a few miles out of Badiraguato and mayor of the town noted that he and many of the local community had met her. They described her to be very kind and religious.