13. Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s Tunnel Escape (2015)
In a display of criminal ingenuity, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán stunned the world by escaping from Mexico’s maximum-security Altiplano prison in 2015. A mile-long tunnel—complete with rails, lighting, and ventilation—was dug beneath his cell to a construction site outside the prison. The sophisticated operation allowed the drug lord to vanish in minutes, triggering a global manhunt and exposing serious flaws in prison security. Read more about the escape at BBC News.
