MEXICO CITY: The northern Mexico prison where authorities suddenly transferred convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is rated as the worst in the federal penitentiary system by human rights officials.
A 2015 report by the governmental National Human Rights Commission gave the Cefereso No. 9 in Ciudad Juarez, which borders Texas, a 6.63 rating on a scale of 0 to 10. That's the lowest for any of Mexico's 21 federal prisons.
By comparison, the maximum-security Altiplano facility where Guzman was confined before was 10th best with a rating of 7.32.
However the Cefereso No. 9 scores well on "conditions of governability." That could indicate authorities believe they can control Guzman's environment there and reduce the risk of him pulling off a third brazen jailbreak.
The Sinaloa cartel boss was transferred Saturday.
AP
