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
facilitator, his courriers, his wives, his girlfriends, his sons. down to his made, his cook. it began with his two most trusted pilots. pilots who had would swoop el chapo in and out of his hideouts under cover of darkness. it was a big discovery. drew learned an agent from homeland security investigations back in the states, who he calls brady, had also uncovered the pilots numbers. he came back and said that, oh my gosh, this could be a gold mind. and we just leave again vowing intelligence back and force. him up in the states and we down in mexico. drew and the team knew el chapo usually didn t carry a phone himself, but was always with an underling who did. so, they thought if they could track the phone of el chapo s closest associates, they would find el chapo himself.