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| Baja California prison officials fired after escape |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/26/2004 |
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Two top administrators from a prison in Baja California were fired last week as authorities investigated the possible involvement of prison employees in a well-planned escape. Prison director Adolfo Millan Tapia and prison officer commander Armando Flores Arreola were fired and immediately replaced, state officials said. Five prisoners escaped last Wednesday using guns obtained inside the facility. One officer was wounded during a shootout, officials said. Among the escapees was a man linked to the 1998 slaughter of 19 people in the Baja California community of El Sauzal. The others, some of whom allegedly had ties to the Arellano Felix drug cartel, also were serving time for murders and kidnappings. None of the prisoners have been found. Two of the escapees were working in the prison's clinic, which gave them closer access to exits. They were dumping medical waste when they used guns to subdue officers. They were joined by three other inmates from other areas and fled to a waiting car outside the prison. "This would not have taken place if there hadn't been internal corruption," said Baja California Gov. Eugenio Elorduy Walther. Elorduy called the unidentified corrupt workers "a few black sheep who denigrate their co-workers in selling out and allowing that this escape took place." No arrests have been made. |
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