Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto tweeted today that the infamous drug lord known as “El Chapo” has been captured.
"Mission accomplished: We have him. I want to inform the Mexicans that Joaquin Guzman Loera has been detained," the tweet states, written in Spanish.
A U.S. law enforcement official also confirmed his capture to ABC News.
An official from the Mexico Marines confirms to ABC News that El Chapo was captured after a shootout with Mexican marines in the city of Los Mochis, Sinaloa state this morning.
Guzman, 57, escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City July 11 and there has been an active manhunt for him ever since.
When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found that a ventilated tunnel had been constructed and had an exit via the bathtub inside Guzman's cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July after Guzman's escape.
Guzman had been arrested five months prior to the July escape.
He had escaped before from a prior prison stint, also using a tunnel.
"Mission accomplished: We have him. I want to inform the Mexicans that Joaquin Guzman Loera has been detained," the tweet states, written in Spanish.
A U.S. law enforcement official also confirmed his capture to ABC News.
An official from the Mexico Marines confirms to ABC News that El Chapo was captured after a shootout with Mexican marines in the city of Los Mochis, Sinaloa state this morning.
Guzman, 57, escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City July 11 and there has been an active manhunt for him ever since.
When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found that a ventilated tunnel had been constructed and had an exit via the bathtub inside Guzman's cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July after Guzman's escape.
Guzman had been arrested five months prior to the July escape.
He had escaped before from a prior prison stint, also using a tunnel.
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