Post by pavel on Jan 8, 2016 18:45:01 GMT -6
Drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who escaped from a maximum-security prison in Mexico nearly six months ago, has been recaptured, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Friday.
Guzmán, the world’s most famous drug boss and head of the Sinaloa cartel, escaped from his cell in July through a specially dug tunnel, a staggering blow for Peña Nieto, who had been building a strong reputation for arresting top drug bosses from all the major cartels.
"Mission accomplished: we have him," Peña Nieto wrote on Twitter.
Little information was immediately available regarding the circumstances surrounding the 58-year-old kingpin's recapture.
Continue reading at www.texastribune.org/2016/01/08/fugitive-drug-lord-el-chapo-has-been-captured-mexi/ .
Guzmán, the world’s most famous drug boss and head of the Sinaloa cartel, escaped from his cell in July through a specially dug tunnel, a staggering blow for Peña Nieto, who had been building a strong reputation for arresting top drug bosses from all the major cartels.
"Mission accomplished: we have him," Peña Nieto wrote on Twitter.
Enrique Peña Nieto
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@epn
Misión cumplida: lo tenemos. Quiero informar a los mexicanos que Joaquín Guzmán Loera ha sido detenido.
12:19 PM - 8 Jan 2016
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@epn
Misión cumplida: lo tenemos. Quiero informar a los mexicanos que Joaquín Guzmán Loera ha sido detenido.
12:19 PM - 8 Jan 2016
Little information was immediately available regarding the circumstances surrounding the 58-year-old kingpin's recapture.
Continue reading at www.texastribune.org/2016/01/08/fugitive-drug-lord-el-chapo-has-been-captured-mexi/ .