The Mexican government announced that seven officials have been charged in aiding and abetting the escape of cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.  The Mexican AG's office would not name the officials charged, but how surprised would you be if they didn't include any higher-ups?  The director of the prison where El Chapo escaped has been fired, but no word if he was involved in the escape plot. Reuters: Guzman's escape last Saturday from a maximum security prison through a mile-long tunnel built into his cell was a profound embarrassment for President Enrique Peña Nieto, raising pressure on the government to do more to battle public sector corruption. As the tunnel surfaced in a blind spot in the cell behind a shower wall, government officials said it could only have occurred with the collusion of prison guards and officials, and that Guzman's helpers must have seen the building's plans. The government...(Read Full Post)