Arresting El Chapo, the Houdini of the drug world | 60 Minutes Australia
Jan 08 2024
On this day in 2016, notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was apprehended for the last time. Guzman, the head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, the world's largest and most influential drug trafficking organization, had twice escaped from maximum-security prison. His first escape in 2001 was through a laundry cart, and his second in 2015 was through a mile-long tunnel that began in his prison cell shower. His 2015 escape led to a violent third arrest in January 2016, when he attempted to flee through a tunnel that led to a sewer system and stole a malfunctioning car. At the peak of his drug empire, El Chapo was the world's wealthiest drug lord, with a fortune exceeding $14 billion. His business heavily relied on an intricate tunnel network beneath the US-Mexico border. Discover how law enforcement officers finally captured the world's most sought-after drug trafficker in the 2016 documentary "El Chapo."

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