BY RAUL HERNANDEZ
“The digging would have caused noise,” an AP story about the escape of drug lord “El Chapo” states.
Caused noise? You think?
What about the jackhammers breaking rock; the heavy-duty earth movers excavating; electricians stringing up wires through the tunnel; and dump trucks full of dirt — tons of dirt — traveling back and forth on a road near the prison?
What does the width of the tunnel indicate?
Maybe that Chapo felt comfortable waiting and hanging around the prison until the construction project met his specs, and he didn’t have to crawl to freedom.
Chapo allegedly hopped on a waiting motorcycle at the end of the tunnel and tore through the Mexican countryside.
The “daring” Steve McQueen “Great Escape” assures that Chapo will be showered with “narco corridos” for years to come — Corridos are gangsta-rap-ranchero ballads from Northern Mexico where the lyrics are dipped in testosterone and backed by accordions and brass bands.
Corridos sing about the bravado and exploits of drug lords and their henchmen who have terrorized the country and left thousands of Mexicans dead, including women and children.
Still, many Mexicans love to dance to it and sing the lyrics. The music has spawned a subculture of wanna-be Mexican-narco traffickers.
Mexican Musicians have been busy lately
There Are Already Dozens of Ballads Celebrating the Escape of Chapo Guzman, according to Time Magazine.
This ballad posted on YouTube after Chapo’s escape:
But Mexican prison guard, Sargento Schultz, didn’t see or hear anything unusual going on at Stalag 13. Mexico’s Coronel Klink who “runs the toughest maximum security prison south of the border” is still baffled about how this could have happened.
The Mexican government is investigating — Yeah.
Enter The Donald
On the home front, Donald Trump who has been scoring big GOP political points by tongue lashing all things Mexican, specifically the Mexican poor, and in general, Mexico and Mexican government.
The hate and anti-immigration remarks elicited thunderous applause from large crowds. The national polls show that Trump is the GOP darling for saying publicly what many of them say behind closed doors.
Trump then turned his attention to Guzman after his escape. The Donald went so far to say that he’d “kick Guzman’s ass”
El Chapo who runs the Sinola Cartel allegedly found time to go on social media and threaten The Donald: “I’ll make you eat your f**king words,” the tweet threatens.
The Donald shut his mouth up long enough to run to the FBI after this tweet
The FBI probably told him to hire more security guards, change his daily routine and above all STFU about El Chapo because this guy and his thugs don’t make idle threats.
Authorities say Chapo and his Sinoloa Cartel are responsible for the deaths of 10,000 people including women and children. Hundreds were killed in the U.S. by cartel assassins.
If El Chapo carries out his threat against Trump, many in Mexico will elevate him to sainthood or give him folk hero status for avenging the hateful, ugly and racist remarks by Trump about the Land That Time Forgot and its people.
Publicly threatening a powerful drug lord is seen by those who live in that dark world as disrespectful and considered a challenge.
But who knows in the continuing Tele-Novela/Reality-Show Soap Opera, The Donald could jump start and polish his “I love Hispanics” speech and announce his running mate.
Cue the mariachi music:
“Trump/Chapo 2016 — Viva Mexico!”