When Drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' escaped from a maximum-security Mexican prison, the most impressive part of the escape was its sophistication, planning and execution. A tunnel dug approximately 60 feet (19 meters) underground, complete with rails for a small cart and extending for about one mile (1.6 km).
On the other hand, as a BBC article points out, sometimes the low tech approach is just as effective.
What is the most amazing or wackiest escape attempt you have heard of? Was it successful?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 08 2015, @10:35PM
I heard on TV a long time ago that a guy broke out of jail, went to taco bell, and was caught breaking back into the jail with his food. A cursory search didn't turn up any articles but this would have been in the early 90s.