the hole in the shower led to the stairs which led him to escape under the eyes of the authorities who kept him under surveillance until this weekend was mexico s most secure prison. in 2001 he escaped hidden in a laundry cart and remained on the run for 13 years until arrested in mazatlan in an apartment after raid by mexican forces with assistance from the u.s. marshal s service. this time around the u.s. is offering help. loretta lynch expressed concern over the escape and added, the u.s. government stands ready to work to provide any assistance to help support his recapture. the mexican president is also calling for an investigation to see if any public officials may have been part of the escape plan. alison. thank you for. that if you are keeping count
dangerous spots in mexico. a place where few outsiders go. we re driving through the heart of the mexican state of sinaloa, which is the home of a certain multinational business known as the sinaloa cartel. one of the most powerful, wealthy, brutal, ruthless drug cartels that ever was. its leader is a man by the name of joaquin guzman. better known as el chapo. and this is his home. this is el chapo back in 1993. after he had been captured. but in 2001, he escaped from prison in a laundry cart. marijuana, cocaine, meth, heroin and humurder are all part of hi business. violent scenes like these, bodies stuffed in garbage bags, police executed and journalists assassinated are directly connected to the wrath of the sinaloa cartel. much of the all right so that was part of gary tuchman s report after the first escape, and before he was captured last year at that resort. we ve got colonel reese with us now.
buggy in a very detailed work of engineering. the tunnel ended at a construction site in a neighborhood adjacent to the prison. 18 guards were detained and transferred to mexico city for interrogation. the international airport was shut down. it s guzman s second escape from a maximum security prison. facilities designed with drug lords such as him in mind. one would have assumed that he would have been the most watched-over criminal in the world. apparently that just didn t happen. this is a huge embarrassment for the mexican government obviously, and of course it s going to raise a lot of questions as to what s happening with the mexican criminal justice system. reporter: on january 19th 2001 chapo guzman escaped from the maximum security prison in western mexico. back then his plan was simpler. he escaped in a laundry cart and remained on the lam for 13 years, until february 22nd 2014 when he was captured in
in a laundry cart. will car is live in our west coast newsroom with more astound astounding details. hi will. hello, el chapo was the most powerful drug lord across the world right now. he is worth more than $1 billion and at one point the chicago crime commission actually named him public enemy number one. he runs the cartel which is one of the most dangerous brutally violent cartels in mexico. he was last seen saturday night in the shower area of his cell in a maximum security prison about an hour and a half west of mexico city. when the guards went to check on him, his cell was empty. the only thing they found, a big hole near the shower which led to a fully ventilated tunnel that ran into a house that was under construction in a nearby neighborhood. not exactly a surprise. guzman and the cartel is well known for super tunnels. but authorities say it s unlikely this tunnel could have been built without protection because it ran underneath the prison. 18 guards are now being
and lighting. reporter: his latest escape adding to his legend in mexico he s a towering figure of intrigue the subject of books, songs and folklore. and he s wanted on both sides of the border. in the u.s. on federal trafficking and organized crime charges. in fact u.s. officials wanted him extradited fearing exactly what happened that he d pull off another escape. el chapo guzman escaped captivity, prison in 2001. he has 12 years left to his sentence. but i m concerned about that happening again in mexico. reporter: born into a poor family in the sinaloa state when the drug trade was evolving guzman amassed a powerful empire one that he continued running from behind bars after his first arrest in 1993. his reputation only grew as he spent 13 years on the run after escaping from prison in 2001. sneaking out in a laundry cart