A manhunt has been launched to find Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman after he escaped from prison, Mexico's National Security Commission said in a statement Saturday. Guards at the Altiplano Federal Prison found that Guzman, also known as "El Chapo," Was missing during routine check. Ref. CNN
After all the trouble to capture him he is out again and this time they may never catch him because with the kind of money these people have anything can be done and anyone can be bought.
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Mexican kingpin's home town stunned by 'bad ass' escape:
In Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's home town, some thought they were dreaming and others shed tears of joy when they heard the drug lord had broken out of Mexico's top maximum security prison through a tunnel built into his cell. Ref. Source 1k
If Dog the bounty hunter doesn't want to do it then all hope is lost. Not really, no matter how powerful you are you can still be brought to your knees. Have they forgotten the might of military power? A cartel can't stop the might of a military force.
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Court Rules in Favor of El Chapo's Extradition to the US:
Despite the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto vowing it would not extradite Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, three weeks after his embarrassing escape, a federal court Thursday ordered the drug lord's detention for extradition to the United States. Ref. Source 2h
'Narcoland' Author on El Chapo's Escape and Government Corruption in Mexico:
We are not talking about a guy that has the idea of making a tunnel with a spoon, we are talking about a guy who, for decades, has paid millions of dollars in bribes to top officials of the PGR (Attorney general's office), the army, federal police, Interior Ministry, the navy ... Top officials from the governments of the states of Mexico Ref. Source 9a