Inside drug kingpin Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman’s secret tunnels

Kalani Gordon 0 Comment World Chapo, Drug kingpin, El Chapo, Joaquin Guzman, Mexico

In villages nestled amid the jagged mountains where captured Mexican kingpin Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman was born, the drug trade that dominates the local economy is already breeding the next generation of smugglers and gunslingers. Guzman, recaptured Friday after a second escape from prison nearly six months ago, started life in the village of La Tuna high in the sierra of Mexico’s northwestern state of Sinaloa. Marijuana and the poppies used for opium have been grown here for decades, fueling the rise of successive dynasties of famous drug lords.

In these 2014 photos, Reuters photographer Daniel Becerril took a look inside some of the tunnels of drug kingpin Chapo, who was captured in Sinaloa Friday after a gun battle.

Drug kingpin Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman’s second escape

Jul 12, 2015

Drug kingpin Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman’s second escape

Quinn Kelley 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, World Almoloya, Altiplano, Drug kingpin, El Chapo, Joaquin Guzman, Mexico, Mexico City

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Mexico’s most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, escaped from Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City, through a tunnel that opened into the shower area of his cell, the country’s top security official announced. It is Guzman’s second jail break in 14 years.