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Mexico releases video of drug lord Joaquin Guzman escape | Mexico releases video of drug lord Joaquin Guzman escape |
(about 7 hours later) | |
Mexican authorities have released CCTV footage showing the moments before the country's most-wanted drug lord escaped from his prison cell. | Mexican authorities have released CCTV footage showing the moments before the country's most-wanted drug lord escaped from his prison cell. |
Images show Joaquin Guzman pacing his cell at Altiplano jail several times on Saturday evening before heading into the shower area and disappearing. | |
A small hole leading to a tunnel has since been found and a massive manhunt is under way. | |
It is the second time Guzman, known as El Chapo or "Shorty", has escaped jail. | It is the second time Guzman, known as El Chapo or "Shorty", has escaped jail. |
He broke out from a Mexican high-security prison in 2001 and was not recaptured until 2014. | |
Inside help | |
Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said officials at Altiplano jail prison must have helped him in his latest escape. | |
Three senior prison officials, including the director of the jail, have been dismissed. | Three senior prison officials, including the director of the jail, have been dismissed. |
The escape tunnel was more than 1.5km (1 mile) long. | |
It measured 1.70m in height and led to a building outside the prison perimeter. | |
Security officials said it could have taken a year to build. | |
It has emerged that Chapo Guzman fled despite wearing a monitoring bracelet and being subject to 24-hour surveillance. | |
A reward of 60 million pesos ($3.8m; £2.4m) for his capture has been offered. | |
Most wanted | |
Guzman's rise to head of the Sinaloa cartel made him one of the world's most wanted drug trafficker. | |
The cartel controls much of the flow of cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine to the US. | The cartel controls much of the flow of cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine to the US. |
Before his recapture in 2014, the US state department had offered a reward of up to $5m (£3.2m) for information leading to his arrest. | Before his recapture in 2014, the US state department had offered a reward of up to $5m (£3.2m) for information leading to his arrest. |
His wealth is estimated at $1bn (£630m). | His wealth is estimated at $1bn (£630m). |