Inmates facing US extradition escape Mexico jail

Mexico City officials confirmed Thursday that an important financial operator for Sinaloa Cartel and two or inmates facing extradition to United States were driven out of a Mexico City jail by guards in a jail transport van.

Video ims show van that transported escapees out of prison leaving prison at 5:50 am. yet supervisors were t alerted until 8 a.m.

"This is timeline recorded in C5 (Mexico City CCTV system), where vehicle is shown going back and forth, but re is single moment in which cameras recorded people leaving van," said Claudia Sheinbaum, Mayor of Mexico City at a news conference called to discuss investigation into escape.

City surveillance cameras show van driving through streets of capital after leaving prison.

escape is feeding a debate over a judicial system that critics say is being manipulated to criminals' advant. Video of Wednesday's escape show it occurred at 5:50 a.m. and yet supervisors were t alerted until 8 a.m.

biggest name among escapees was Victor Manuel Félix Beltrán, who was designated by U.S. Treasury in 2015 under Kingpin Act. designation described him as a "high-ranking Sinaloa Cartel trafficker, who operates from Culiacan and Guadalajara." It ted that he was son of drug trafficker Victor Felix Felix, who moved cocaine and laundered money for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

Mexico City prosecutor's office said in a statement that Luis Fernando Meza González and Yael Osuna Navarro were or two escapees.

guards driving van had orders to transport ar prisoner to a hospital and city surveillance cameras show van driving to hospital. However, y did t capture moment in which prisoners got out of van, she said.

escape brought renewed attention to issue of legal maneuvers that prisoners have employed to be in penitentiary y desire.

Félix Beltrán entered jail on Mexico City's south side on Oct. 28, 2017, and was transferred to maximum security Altipla prison in Mexico state six days later - two years after Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped it through a tunnel.

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