Myth, Systems, and El Chapo's Escape

Today, El Chapo is held in a U.S. supermax prison. He is isolated.

Moved regularly. Monitored constantly. No tunnels. No networks. No second chances.

But the real story isn’t about whether El Chapo was a genius. Or whether corruption existed.

It’s about systems that assume threats will be horizontal not vertical. That incentives

can be managed until they can’t. If this escape required high-level corruption, the failure was

political. If it required only predictable behavior, the failure was structural.

And if the truth lies somewhere in between… Then the most disturbing part of this story

is how easily myth fills the gaps left behind by uncertainty.