I gather I don’t understand your theory of theatre. If the whole thing is theatre, then the Mexican authorities have him locked up tight somewhere else because they fear what h could testify about their corruption, right?
Then why would they let him come&go as he pleased?
Occham’s Theory Must Be Obeyed. I’m thinking that might make a good tagline.
If you are dealing with open and candid people, that is. Otherwise the schemes can get mind boggling.
El Chapo doesn't want to go to the U.S. either so he would willing hide out in a safe house or a military installation or some remote ranch.. The U.S. wants him and they can apply all kinds of pressure—cut off counter narcotics police grants, shut down ports of entry, deport more illegals. So the were a couple of options: fake his death or have him “escape.”