![]() The Department of Correction said after Walker realized his cellmate, Charles Pendarvis, happened to "closely resemble" him, he convinced someone to post bond for Pendarvis, took his ID and used it to walk freely out of jail Thursday night. He was transferred to the Payne County Jail to face charges he assaulted a guard at the Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing, Oklahoma, officials said. Patrick Walker, also known as Notty Walker, was sentenced to life in prison in 2003 for murdering a 19-year-old. "The staff thought he was the other inmate," said Matt Elliott, a spokesperson for the Oklahoma Department of Correction. STILLWATER, Oklahoma - A convicted killer is on the run after authorities say he escaped from an Oklahoma jail by posing as his cellmate. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.A convicted killer is on the run after authorities say he escaped from an Oklahoma jail by posing as his cellmate. This is a major embarrassment for the Mexican government - a major embarrassment. And we got assurances from the head of the attorney general's office here and from the president himself that he would not escape again. Mexico insisted that they wanted to prosecute him in their own country. Why didn't Mexico just extradite him to the U.S. He has charges pending against him in the United States. RATH: And, you know, we mentioned that he did escape previously back in 2001. So tunnels are his thing, and he did it again. border, usually around the California - Tijuana-San Diego area. And he's also known for building elaborate tunnels with these rail systems and lights and everything into the U.S. He eluded escape last year through an intricate intricate tunnel situation in his home state of Sinaloa when they captured them. And he's just notorious for these tunnels. It hasn't lost any of that power since Chapo was arrested last year. It is known to be the largest trafficker of heroine, marijuana, meth into the U.S. KAHN: The Sinaloa Cartel remains the largest and most powerful cartel. ![]() Tell us about Guzman and the cartel he leads - the Sinaloa Cartel. That long tunnel was 5 feet 6 inches tall, and Chapo is 5-foot-5, so he could - he could go through it without even having to bend over. And it was under construction, but it wasn't permanent. ![]() And there had been guards there and workers. They even found oxygen tanks.Īnd that tunnel was nearly a mile long and connected to a home outside the prison in a little town that looked like it was a construction site. It even had PVC piping there, presumably so that he could have ventilation. And now that tunnel was complete with lights, a rail system. They found a ladder there that he walked down to that connected to the main tunnel. That just seems amazing that he could fit through there. They described it as a rectangle of 20 inches wide. There was opening they found, right there in the tunnel. And so then they decided they better go in and look for him, and he was gone by the time they went and noticed that. He was in that area, I guess, for too long. And that was the only place that there was no video surveillance on him. Chapo had a cell in the maximum-security prison, and he had his own shower area. Everybody was just shaking their heads and jaws were dropping. The national security commissioner was giving the press conference and describing these tunnels. How on earth was he able to escape?ĬARRIE KAHN, BYLINE: It's just amazing. We're joined now by NPR's Carrie Kahn in Mexico City. He escaped in 2001 before being captured last year in a spectacular dragnet that involved intelligence and agents from the U.S. This is the second time Guzman has been able to get out of a Mexican prison. Joaquin El Chapo Guzman escaped through an elaborate tunnel system from the country's maximum security prison. Mexico's most powerful drug trafficker has escaped from prison again.
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