'El Chapo' Has Been Captured, Mexican President Says

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

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, originally in Spanish.

No further details have been released.

Guzman escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11 and there has been an active manhunt for him ever since.


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By MEGHAN KENEALLY
Jan 8, 2016, 1:32 PM ET

Short article. No more at link.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Tweeted?

Only Peña Nieto.

[Coventina]

2. "Mission Accomplished" is not the phrase I would use.

It's forever tainted by W, IMHO.....

[Xipe Totec]

11. Quite appropriate, really, Peña Nieto is regarded as the Dubya of Mexico. nt

[geek tragedy]

3. How soon before he escapes? nt

[MADem]

4. Or is "shot while trying to escape...?" nt

[geek tragedy]

5. Nah, Sinaloa Cartel is still the Mexican government's most favored cartel

Unless the Zetas have upped their lobbying efforts.

[MADem]

6. Hey, the fish only rots from the head if the fish is dead in the first place!

It's not like there's no one to step up if El Chapo's heart gives out....

Who knows? Maybe someone ratted him out!

[saturnsring]

8. zetas ..Nancy Lieder says she talks to the zetas all the time @ zetatalk.com

what's that? wrong zetas?

[24601]

9. While that sounds like a tongue in cheek question, there is truth in it. If the Mexican authorities

insist on holding him, as they did last time, Guzman's gang is likely already working on an escape plan. It was essentially an unsuccessful experiment of "national honor" for Mexico to prove they were sufficiently honest to ensure Guzman would be held securely.

The US is again requesting extradition which, if granted, would bring Guzman to a more secure environment - maybe even the supermax federal prison in Florence, Colorado. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence

I wouldn't bet any money that Mexico will extradite him.

[KamaAina]

7. Now it's up to us to capture his arch-nemesis tRump

[Orrex]

10. Has he escaped again yet?

[ohnoyoudidnt]

12. nah

The logistics will take a while. I'm sure they will try to hold him more securely this time. There are people to bribe and threaten and maybe some holes to dig, but with the cartel's wealth and brutality another escape wouldn't surprise me.