--- description: One is the head of the maximum security prison. title: Seven Arrested for Mexican Drug Lord's Prison Break image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63c0def63e32dcae/69885b2ce20a87edd8a8c518/el-chapo-tunnel007.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mexican Prison Chief, 6 Others Arrested For El Chapo Prison Break  by [Tanya Basu](/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2015 1:34 AM CUT  A soldier keeps watch outside a warehouse containing a tunnel connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, on July 14, 2015. A soldier keeps watch outside a warehouse containing a tunnel connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, on July 14, 2015.Edgard Garrido—Reuters  by [Tanya Basu](/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2015 1:34 AM CUT Mexican authorities arrested seven people on Wednesday in connection with the escape of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Among the arrested is Librado Carmona Garcia, the head of the maximum security prison Guzman had been housed in, [according to RT](http://www.rt.com/news/310487-mexico-escape-officials-arrested/ "undefined"). [Guzman, who was deemed “the most powerful drug lord in the world](http://time.com/3954802/joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-escape/ "undefined"),” made headlines for his daring escape on July 13 through a one-mile long lit and ventilated tunnel that some have estimated to cost millions. The cooperation of prison authorities was long suspected, with Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, Mexico’s interior minister, saying, “Guzman must have counted on the complicity of prison personnel, which … would constitute an act of treason.” The Mexican government has announced it is [offering a 60 million peso ($3.8 million) reward](http://time.com/3955955/joaquin-guzman-escape-plan-knowledge/ "undefined") for Guzman’s recapture. Guzman had previously escaped in 2001 using a laundry cart from a maximum-security prison in Jalisco. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3968992/joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-escape-seven-arrested/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3968992/joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-escape-seven-arrested/"},"headline":"Mexican Prison Chief, 6 Others Arrested For El Chapo Prison Break","datePublished":"2015-07-23T01:34:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:30:14.046Z","description":"\"El Chapo\" has still not been found.","url":"https://time.com/3968992/joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-escape-seven-arrested/","keywords":["Crime","Drugs","Mexico","El Chapo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63c0def63e32dcae/69885b2ce20a87edd8a8c518/el-chapo-tunnel007.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tanya Basu","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63c0def63e32dcae/69885b2ce20a87edd8a8c518/el-chapo-tunnel007.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A soldier keeps watch outside a warehouse containing a tunnel, connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, July 14 , 2015. Mexican auth","caption":"A soldier keeps watch outside a warehouse containing a tunnel, connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, July 14 , 2015. Mexican auth","creditText":"Edgard Garrido—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3968992/joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-escape-seven-arrested/","name":"Mexican Prison Chief, 6 Others Arrested For El Chapo Prison Break"}}]}] ```