El Chapo: Notorious Mexican Drug Kingpin Captured by Authorities
- 8 years ago
Infamous drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who humiliated authorities when he tunneled out of a maximum-security prison in July, has been captured, Mexico's president said Friday.
"Mission accomplished," Enrique Pena Nieto said on Twitter.
"We have him."
The Mexican Navy carried out the operation, according to leading Mexican newspaper El Universal.
The navy, seen as less corruptible than the country's police forces and army, has taken the lead in fighting the cartels.
Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel and a master of underground tunnels, set off a furious manhunt on July 11 when he casually slipped into a hole in his shower at Altiplano prison near Mexico City and fled through a mile-long tunnel outfitted with a motorbike that led to a residential construction site.
"Mission accomplished," Enrique Pena Nieto said on Twitter.
"We have him."
The Mexican Navy carried out the operation, according to leading Mexican newspaper El Universal.
The navy, seen as less corruptible than the country's police forces and army, has taken the lead in fighting the cartels.
Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel and a master of underground tunnels, set off a furious manhunt on July 11 when he casually slipped into a hole in his shower at Altiplano prison near Mexico City and fled through a mile-long tunnel outfitted with a motorbike that led to a residential construction site.