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Added on the 12/07/2015 13:50:50 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
The world’s most notorious drug lord has been transferred to another prison as he fights extradition to the United States.
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the fugitive drug kingpin, suffered injuries after he escaped the authorities’ attempt to recapture him in the mountains in western Mexico.
The head of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa Cartel fled Altiplano prison on Saturday night through a system of tunnels that includes a 1,500-metre-long tunnel that ends at a nearby town.
Fearing that the world’s most wanted drug lord will escape a third time, the Mexican government has beefed up security to ensure he stays put.
Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman escaped from a prison in central Mexico on Saturday night, embarrassing Mexican officials who had promised that El Chapo’s 2001 escape, achieved with the help of prison guards, would not be repeated.