Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1

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The Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 "Altiplano" (Spanish: Centro Federal de Readaptación Social Número 1 "Altiplano") is the maximum security federal prison (originally called the Penal de Máxima Seguridad No. 1 "Almoloya de Juárez", later renamed the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 "La Palma" (Centro Federal de Readaptación Social No. 1 "La Palma"), before assuming its present name) of the Secretariat of Public Security in Mexico. This facility is located in the Santa Juana Centro neighborhood of Almoloya de Juárez, in the State of Mexico, 25 kilometers (16 mi) from Toluca.

The prison was built between 1988 and 1990 under President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and received its first inmates in November 1991. Of significant concern to Mexican authorities is the risk that the prison could be attacked from the outside as part of an organized prison break. Therefore, the walls have been reinforced to as much as 1 meter in thickness to discourage ramming. Furthermore, the air space near the facility is restricted, and the authorities claim that cell phone transmissions are limited within 10 km (6.2 mi) of the prison to stymie communications between the inmates and their colleagues outside. Additionally, armored personnel carriers are based near the facility to protect it during a potential assault. This prison was thought to be impenetrable until July 11, 2015, when "El Chapo" Guzmán escaped through a tunnel.

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Notable inmates

Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo - former drug lord of the Guadalajara Cartel
Héctor Luis Palma Salazar (known as "El Güero") - former drug lord of the Sinaloa Cartel
"El Chapo" Guzmán - former drug lord of the Sinaloa Cartel, currently extradited to the United States on January 19, 2017
Mario Aburto Martínez - accused assassin of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio
Miguel Treviño Morales (known as "Z-40") - former leader of the Los Zetas Cartel, currently transferred to a maximum-security federal prison in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, on March 27, 2017
Mario Ramírez Treviño (known as "El Pelón") - former deputy leader of the Gulf Cartel
Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano (known as "El Ingeniero") - former leader of the Tijuana Cartel
Héctor Beltrán Leyva (known as "El H") - former leader of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel
Dionisio Loya Plancarte (known as "El Tío") - former leader of the Knights Templar Cartel
Servando Gómez Martínez (known as "La Tuta") - former leader of the Knights Templar Cartel
Omar Treviño Morales (known as "Z-42") - former deputy leader of the Los Zetas Cartel
José Maria Guizar Valencia (known as "Z-43") - former top lieutenant of the Los Zetas Cartel
Daniel Arizmendi López (known as "El Mochaorejas") - leader of Kidnapping express, a kidnapping gang
Various alleged members of the Los Zetas Cartel: Jaime González Durán (known as "El Hummer"), Nabor Vargas García (known as "El Débora") and "El Barbas"
Teodoro García Simental (known as "El Teo") - who broke off from the Arellano Félix organization
Various alleged Zapatistas
Marco Antonio García Simental (known as "El Cris" & "El 8-9") - lieutenant in the Arellano Félix organization and older brother of "El Teo".

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In popular culture

The 2017 Netflix-Univision series, El Chapo, depicts Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's incarceration and experience in the prison, and his escape through a tunnel on July 11, 2015, which disproved the assumption that the prison was impenetrable.