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Watch El Chapo Get His Butt Checked for Contraband in a Mexican Prison
A new video shows the world's most famous drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán dropping his pants after he was arrested in 2016.
Why Ditching Additives and Sweeteners Made Me a Better Peruvian Chef
Why use colourants when you can dye things with plants from the Andes?
Mexican Politician Will Go to Trial After Alleged Love Affair With El Chapo
State-level legislator Lucero Sánchez López allegedly used fake identification to visit the drug lord in the maximum-security prison where he was held between February 2014 and his spectacular tunnel escape in July last year.
El Chapo's Extradition to the US Has Been Approved
Chapo is now very close to a trial in Texas or California, but the world's most famous drug lord can still appeal the extradition order.
Chapo’s Return to Prison: The Hunt, the Biopic, and a Weakness for Tunnels
The drug lord is back in the same maximum-security prison from which he escaped in July after a spectacular arrest that reads like a screenplay, though the ending presumably differs from the biopic the Mexican authorities say he was planning.
The People Displaced by the Hunt for El Chapo Tell of Helicopter Attacks
Escaped Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán narrowly avoided recapture in a mountain raid in October, and also left the navy facing accusations that its efforts to hunt him down included targeting the civilian population.
'Comandante, There's a Hole in the Shower': New Audio of Chapo Guzman's Jailbreak
CCTV footage of drug lord's cell reveals banging clearly audible four minutes before he escapes through hole in the shower area, and guards take a further 18 minutes to arrive.
Mexico Sends US-Born Drug Lord ‘La Barbie’ Back Home to Face Charges
Edgar Valdez Villareal became a somewhat larger-than-life figure after his arrest in 2010 when he smirked before news cameras and boasted that a movie would be made about his life in the drug world.
Warden From Prison Where 'El Chapo' Escaped Is Back There — In a Cell
The former warden of the jail that 'Chapo' Guzmán escaped has been locked up in the same prison while he awaits trial for aiding the drug lord's flight.
Sure, Now Mexico Will Extradite ‘El Chapo’ — If He’s Caught Again
The day before the extradition order became public, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's lawyers were already filing an appeal in court to stop it.
The DEA Knew ‘Chapo’ Posed a Flight Risk, but Mexico’s Government Ignored Warnings
US-anti drug agents informed Mexico that "potential operations to free Guzman" were in play almost right after he was arrested. Mexican officials said they had no such warnings.
'Chapo' Prison Break Shows Just How Weak Mexico's Government Really Is
Joaquin Guzman's cinematic escape from the Altiplano federal prison in Mexico painfully exposes the weaknesses of President Enrique Peña Nieto's government.