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[h=4]Mexican drug kingpin 'El Chapo' returning to prison he escaped from[/h]This time, however, the Mexican military stationed a pair of tanks outside the Altiplano prison near Mexico City prior to his arrival.
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Following his arrest in Mexico Friday, the world's most-wanted drug lord was escorted onto a plane. Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was caught six months after tunneling out of a maximum security prison. (Jan. 8) AP
Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, right, is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, on Jan. 8, 2016.(Photo: AP)
MEXICO CITY — Captured<span style="color: Red;">*</span>drug kingpin<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Joaquin<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"El Chapo" Guzman will return<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to the same prison from which<span style="color: Red;">*</span>he escaped six months ago, Mexican officials said late Friday.
This time, however, the Mexican military stationed a pair of tanks outside the Altiplano prison near Mexico City prior to his arrival.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Guzman escaped in July from the maximum security prison through an elaborate tunnel. He was captured Friday after marines raided a home in the city of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Los Mochis.
Attorney General Arely Gómez González<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Friday night<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that Guzman wanted to make a biopic and reached out to actors and producers. That tipped off investigators to his location.
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Fugitive Mexican drug kingpin 'El Chapo' captured
After his daring escape — his second in 14 years —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Guzman also went about building more tunnels. Authorities tailed an expert in building to tunnels to his location in Los Mochis, Gómez said.
As head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, which smuggles large quantities of drugs into the United States,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Guzman was called Public Enemy No. 1 by the Chicago Crime Commission.
Guzman's first escape came in 2001, with the assistance of prison guards. He spent years on the run, becoming the head of the Sinoloa cartel before his recapture in 2014.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch called Friday's capture "a blow to the international drug-trafficking syndicate he is alleged to have led, a victory for the citizens of both Mexico and the United States, and a vindication of the rule of law in our countries."
Guzman’s escape last year<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was a point of friction between the two nations. The U.S. had desired his extradition and his recapture is likely<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to reopen the issue.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Justice Department had no immediate comment on whether it will push to extradite<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Guzman to the U.S., where he faces charges in multiple jurisdictions across the country.
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