A K9 unit guards the area where Mexico's most-wanted criminals are held as part of new security measures implemented.
A K9 unit guards the area where Mexico's most-wanted criminals are held as part of new security measures implemented.
Mexico City:
Mexican drug lord Joaquin -"El Chapo-" Guzman has his prison food tasted by a dog each day before he eats it to prevent anyone poisoning him, an official said Wednesday.
After his January 8 recapture, Guzman was returned to Altiplano, the same high-security prison that he escaped from through a tunnel six months ago.
A K9 unit guards the area where Mexico's most-wanted criminals are held, including Guzman, as part of new measures implemented three months ago, Eduardo Guerrero, the head of Mexico's penitentiary system, told Radio Imagen.
-"A K9 tastes the food first because we must care for his physical integrity in case someone wants to poison him,-" Guerrero said, adding that the same thing is being done for other imprisoned drug barons.
Authorities have taken steps to prevent another escape, moving Guzman to a different cell 11 times since he was sent back to the prison.
-"He was depressed when he arrived, tired, which is what he said in his first interview. He was very tired of being on the run,-" said Guerrero.
Officials gave Guzman a copy of the classic novel -"Don Quixote-" because -"we think that it's an excellent book and I think that we must start giving him this type of reading material, so that he starts reading.-"
