State and civic officials seldom speak happily about the prospect of a high-profile prisoner, or see a crime lord’s arrival as a sign to the world that their city is recovering and attracting investment.
Yet the governor of Chihuahua state appeared enthused about having cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán occupy a prison cell in Ciudad Juárez – the border city once considered the murder capital of the world. Local leaders there are anxious to shed old stereotypes and show that security institutions are improved enough to house Mexico’s most notorious criminal and two-time escape artist.
“The decision of having him brought here is because there will not be any escape,” Governor César Duarte said on Saturday evening.
“This speaks well of the state’s [security] system, speaks very well of the environment that we are experiencing in Chihuahua, and above all, the strengthening of institutions, which we have achieved,” Duarte said, according to the newspaper Reforma.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/08/el-chapo-prison-move-mexico-ciudad-juarez
