Peruvian authorities uncover 590-foot-long tunnel financed by El Chapo s old cartel that was built in foiled attempt to spring drug traffickers from prison
Peruvian jail officials discovered an underground tunnel that was partly built to free a group of drug traffickers from a prison in Lima
The National Police of Peru said the tunnel s construction was financed by the Sinaloa Cartel, the transnational criminal organization co-founded by El Chapo
The cartel sought to aid in the escape of Serbian drug dealer Zoran Jaksic, who was arrested in 2016 with 800 kilos of cocaine
Plans to complete the secret passageway were halted in February 2019 when Jaksic was transferred to another prison amid rumors of an escape