Woman Disguises Herself As A Man In An Attempt To Escape From Prison

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Santa Martha Acatitla Women’s Social Rehabilitation Center.

In addition, two men were arrested, accused of trying to take the inmate out of the prison. 

A woman facing charges for the crime of femicide by knife, tried to escape from the Centro Femenil de Reinserción Social Santa Martha Acatitla, located in the municipality of Iztapalapa.

According to information shared by journalist Carlos Jiménez, it is known that the inmate disguised herself as a man to escape from the prison, she entered the bathroom to change and leave, however, she was discovered.

The prison security staff was alerted of the entrance to the restrooms of this person, it was through the monitoring of the video surveillance cameras system that she was located and prevented from escaping.

Her father and husband took her a wig.

The father and husband of the inmate wore a wig so that the inmate could disguise herself and leave the prison, when she was discovered, the men were arrested.

Both men, aged 33 and 79 years old, were accused of trying to take the prisoner out of the penitentiary.

According to the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC), at the moment, security and activities inside the center are being carried out as usual. 

Other escapes in Mexico's prisons

This escape attempt is not the first to be registered in Mexico, as some were successful and others were thwarted, such as the recent one in Santa Martha Acatitla.  

A well-known example is that of Joaquín Guzmán Loera from Puente Grande and El Altiplano, respectively; here in MILENIO, we review other cases.

Seven inmates had allegedly broken through the Cieneguillas prison walls

On October 8, 2022, authorities confirmed that the group of inmates, five from Zacatecas, one from Durango and another from Veracruz, were not in their cells.

This was reported after deploying an intense operation by the Army, National Guard, State Preventive Police and municipal police.

It is presumed that the men escaped through one of the walls.

An armed criminal cell enters the Cereso prison of Tula, Hidalgo.

A criminal cell entered the Social Rehabilitation Center (Cereso) of Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, during the early hours of December 1, 2021, to free nine inmates.

The armed group entered the Cereso around 4:00 a.m. aboard vehicles to free nine inmates. Citizens reported the presence of vehicles with armed men and the detonation of at least two vehicles, after a group implemented an operation to free an alleged crime boss.

12 inmates escaped through a tunnel from Cieneguillas prison in 2020

Twelve inmates escaped from the Cereso de Cieneguillas on May 6, 2020.

Those involved used a 50-meter tunnel that was built over six to eight months, authorities estimated.

At 2:22 p.m., a custodian fired shots from one of the Cereso's towers because the escape of the individuals was observed. Subsequently, "three vehicles in which they fled were tracked through the cameras at the intersection of Cieneguillas and Highway 54," said the then Secretary of State Security, Ismael Camberos.

Escape in Aguaruto during the 'Culiacanazo'.

On October 17, 2019, the 'Culiacanazo' occurred, an unprecedented event of violence in Sinaloa: after an operation, Ovidio Guzmán, son of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán, was captured, which unleashed a deployment of armed men that generated shootings, blockades and fires.

That same day, a riot broke out in the Aguaruto prison, located on the road leading to Culiacán International Airport. At the scene, the inmates stripped five guards of their weapons, reported Sinaloa's Secretary of Public Security, Cristóbal Castañeda.

Santa Martha Acatitla Female Rehabilitation Center

Iztapalapa, CDMX

Santa Martha Acatitla Female Rehabilitation Center

Iztapalapa, CDMX

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