Friday, February 28, 2014

See The Secret Underground Tunnels A Mexican Drug Lord Used To Escape Capture

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who evaded authorities for 13 years, had a network of tunnels under his bath.


Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman used a network of secret tunnels - including one hidden beneath his bathtub - to move between his houses and escape arrest.


Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman used a network of secret tunnels - including one hidden beneath his bathtub - to move between his houses and escape arrest.


A Mexican marine lifts a bathtub that leads to a tunnel at one of Joaquin Guzman's houses in Culiacan.


Daniel Becerril / Reuters


Beneath the bathtub was a ladder that led down into the tunnel network - which itself exited into the city's drainage system.


Beneath the bathtub was a ladder that led down into the tunnel network - which itself exited into the city's drainage system.


Daniel Becerril / Reuters


Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa cartel, had been on the run from authorities since escaping from prison in a laundry truck in 2001.


Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa cartel, had been on the run from authorities since escaping from prison in a laundry truck in 2001.


This picture shows part of Culiacan's drainage system, which connected to a tunnel underneath one of the Guzman's houses.


Daniel Becerril / Reuters


Guzman was captured on Saturday at a hotel in the beach resort of Mazatlan, in a joint operation between Mexican marines and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents.


Guzman was captured on Saturday at a hotel in the beach resort of Mazatlan, in a joint operation between Mexican marines and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents.


Daniel Becerril / Reuters




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