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5 things to know about drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's latest prison escape

In this Feb. 22, 2014, file photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, is escorted to a helicopter in Mexico City, following his capture overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan. Mexico’s security commission said in a statement July 11, 2015, that Guzman has escaped from a maximum security prison, the second time he has fled after being captured.
In this Feb. 22, 2014, file photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, is escorted to a helicopter in Mexico City, following his capture overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan. Mexico’s security commission said in a statement July 11, 2015, that Guzman has escaped from a maximum security prison, the second time he has fled after being captured.
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
July 12, 2015

A manhunt is on for Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who escaped from Altiplano prison, a maximum-security facility west of Mexico City, The Associated Press reported early Sunday.
Here's what we know so far:
1. Guzman was last seen Saturday night. According to the AP, he was "in the shower area" of the prison about 9 p.m., but eventually stopped showing up on surveillance video. Authorities said they found an "elaborate tunnel in his cell."
2. This isn't his first prison escape. Guzman was first arrested on drug-trafficking charges in 1993 and sentenced to 20 years in Puente Grande prison, the AP reports. In 2001, prison guards helped him break out, possibly in a laundry cart. Guzman was on the lam for 13 years, becoming one of the most powerful drug lords in the world and amassing a $1 billion fortune before he was recaptured in Mazatlan in February 2014.
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3. Guzman faces several indictments in Mexico and the United States. Officials in the U.S., where Guzman is on the Drug Enforcement Administration's most-wanted list, planned to file for extradition earlier this year. Former Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam, however, said in January that Mexico planned to keep and prosecute Guzman, according to the AP.

4. Earlier this year, Murillo Karam said Guzman could not break out of prison again. Despite Guzman's history of paying off authorities and other residents to get his way, Murillo Karam in January shrugged off concerns over whether the drug lord could break free, saying the risk of a second escape "does not exist." 

5. Other well-known drug traffickers are housed at Altiplano. They include Miguel Angel Trevino, leader of the Zetas drug cartel, and Edgar "La Barbie" Valdes Villarreal of the Beltran Leyva cartel, the AP reports.

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