He was willing to kill whoever he needed to kill. The drug lord, el chapo. The most wanted fugitive besides osama bin laden. They said, no one will ever catch him. But heand in this team did it in the most astonishing way. Surprise you . I could not believe it. The american agent who helped capture el chapo comes out of the shadows. I did not know who we would be able to trust. Exclusive details of this whiteknuckle man hunt. We would jump out of the back of the helicopter, pure chaos. Pictures seen here for the first time. Secret drug dens, hidden escape rooms. It was like harry houdini. Every single time we got close, the chopper would escape. It was beyond imagination. To catch the bad guy, you have to become the bad guy. You are inside this real life thriller. This is it. He is there. He is there. It was like living in a movie. Hello, and welcome to dateline. He was the infamous kingpin who inspired fear amongst criminals and Law Enforcement, on both sides of the border. His name w
lawless, murderous. he was willing to kill whoever he needed to kill. the drug lord, el chapo. the most wanted fugitive besides osama bin laden. they said, no one will ever catch him. but him in this team did it in the most astonishing way. surprise you? i could not believe it. the american agent who helped capture el chapo comes out of the shadows. i did not know who we would be able to trust. exclusive details of this white-knuckle man hunt. we would jump out of the back of the helicopter, pure chaos. pictures seen here for the first time. secret drug dens, hidden escape rooms. it was like harry houdini. every single time we got close, the chopper would escape. it was beyond imagination. to catch the bad guy, you have to become the bad guy. you are inside this real life thriller. this is it. he is there. he is there. it was like living in a movie. hello, and welcome to dateline. he was the infamous kingpin who inspired fear amongst crim
out of the shadows. i did not know who we would be able to trust. exclusive details of this white-knuckle man hunt. we would jump out of the back of the helicopter, pure chaos. pictures seen here for the first time. secret drug dens, hidden escape rooms. it was like harry houdini. every single time we got close, the chopper would escape. it was beyond imagination. to catch the bad guy, you have to become the bad guy. you are inside this real life thriller. this is it. he is there. he is there. it was like living in a movie. hello, and welcome to dateline. he was the infamous kingpin who inspired fear amongst criminals and law enforcement, on both sides of the border. his name was el chapo. for over a decade, he evaded authorities by disappearing into a secret network of tunnels built under his many safehouses. but one man was determined to capture the fugitive and would lead his team to great lengths, even risk his own life to get the job done. here is
couldn t believe it. he was always one step ahead. turns out it was all caught on tape. mexican authorities had installed a security camera in el chapo s cell as a precaution. you see el chapo just walking back and forth inside the cell, and then you suddenly stop seeing him. he just disappears off the frame, and that s when he left. as the world learned, el chapo escaped through a tunnel dug right under the prison and up in into his cell. the job to retake him was now in the hands of the mexican marines and virtually the same group of u. s. agents minus drew. but this time they weren t starting from scratch. they understood his organization. they understood the network. they understood the movements. he wasn t as clever as he thought. learning from and building on the 2014 playbook, the mexican and u. s. team cornered el chapo on january 8th, 2016, just six months after he escaped. but this time he didn t go down without a fight. and it was wild. this helmet cam footage shot
marine captured the operation as it quickly devolved into a shootout, killing five of el chapo s man and injuring one marine. el chapo was once again in custody. and this time quietly extradited to the united states. in february 2019, guzman was convicted on all ten charges against him including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit murder. he was sentenced to life plus 30 years in an american prison. he has filed an appeal, but the drug wars rage on. el chapo s arrest did not stem the flow of narcotics across the u. s. border, and there were nearly 30,000 murders in mexico in 2017. at the time, a record for that country. most of the killings were linked to drug violence, and the cartels are evolving, becoming key suppliers of the