Fugitive drug lord ‘El Chapo’ has been captured, Mexico’s president says
*Enrique Peña Nieto’s Tweet legitimizes the news. Chapo was reportedly apprehended in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. VL
By Elahe Izadi and Joshua Partlow, The Washington Post
Drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who escaped from a maximum-security prison in Mexico more than six months ago, has been recaptured, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Friday.
Guzmán, head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, escaped from his cell in July through a specially dug tunnel.
“Mission accomplished,” Peña Nieto wrote on Twitter.
Misión cumplida: lo tenemos. Quiero informar a los mexicanos que Joaquín Guzmán Loera ha sido detenido.
— Enrique Peña Nieto (@EPN) January 8, 2016
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