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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In its 29 years of operation, there were 14 acknowledged attempts to escape from Alcatraz prison involving 34 inmates (two, Joseph Cretzer and Sam Shockley, tried twice). Officially, every escape attempt failed, and most participants were either killed or quickly re-captured.
By , and UPDATED January 8, 2016. JoaquÃ­n GuzmÃ¡n Loera, a drug kingpin known as El Chapo, has been arrested by the Mexican authorities nearly six months after his escape from a maximum security prison, according to an announcement from Mexicoâs president. Mr. GuzmÃ¡nâs escape last year humiliated officials who had promised that his escape in 2001 would never be repeated.