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| Manhunt under way but Mexico struggles to track down escaped drug lord Joaquin Guzman | Manhunt under way but Mexico struggles to track down escaped drug lord Joaquin Guzman |
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| Mexican officials have mounted a widespread manhunt for escaped drug lord Joaquin Guzman, but more than 24 hours after his prison break there appeared to be no sign of him. | Mexican officials have mounted a widespread manhunt for escaped drug lord Joaquin Guzman, but more than 24 hours after his prison break there appeared to be no sign of him. |
| Authorities rolled out highway checkpoints, stepped up border security and closed an international airport but appeared unable to track Guzman down. | Authorities rolled out highway checkpoints, stepped up border security and closed an international airport but appeared unable to track Guzman down. |
| The situation is an embarrassment for the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto and is likely to frustrate the US, which has put more than $1 billion into joint efforts to battle drugs cartels. | The situation is an embarrassment for the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto and is likely to frustrate the US, which has put more than $1 billion into joint efforts to battle drugs cartels. |
| In an interview on CNN, Ana Maria Salazar, a security analyst and former Pentagon anti-drugs official, said: "One would have assumed that he [Guzman] would have been the most watched criminal in the world, and apparently, that just didn't happen. | In an interview on CNN, Ana Maria Salazar, a security analyst and former Pentagon anti-drugs official, said: "One would have assumed that he [Guzman] would have been the most watched criminal in the world, and apparently, that just didn't happen. |
| "Obviously it's going to raise a lot of questions as to what's happening with the Mexican criminal justice system." | "Obviously it's going to raise a lot of questions as to what's happening with the Mexican criminal justice system." |
| Mexican security expert Jorge Chabat said: "For the most-wanted criminal to escape from the highest-security prison is going to create conflicts, the first of them with the United States." | Mexican security expert Jorge Chabat said: "For the most-wanted criminal to escape from the highest-security prison is going to create conflicts, the first of them with the United States." |
| Mexico's attorney general released images of the opening of a tunnel through which Guzman allegedly escaped (AFP PHOTO/Attorney General of Mexico/Ho) Guzman, known as 'El Chapo' for his short stature, escaped from the maximum security Altiplano prison on Saturday via a shaft that linked his prison cell's shower area to a mile-long tunnel. | |
| Images released by Mexico's attorney general showed the end of the tunnel through which Guzman allegedly escaped. | Images released by Mexico's attorney general showed the end of the tunnel through which Guzman allegedly escaped. |
| The tunnel appears to have been a sophisticated work of engineering with ventilation, lighting and a motorcycle apparently used to move dirt. | The tunnel appears to have been a sophisticated work of engineering with ventilation, lighting and a motorcycle apparently used to move dirt. |
| It ends at a construction site close to the prison, opening out into a half-built house. | It ends at a construction site close to the prison, opening out into a half-built house. |
| It was apparently built over the last year right under authorities' noses and its scale has raised suspicions of corruption within the prison service. | It was apparently built over the last year right under authorities' noses and its scale has raised suspicions of corruption within the prison service. |
| After his previous prison break Guzman was re-caputured in 2014 (Getty) The incident also marks the second time Guzman has escaped from prison. In a previous prison break in 2001 he escaped in a laundry cart and remained on the run for nearly four years. | After his previous prison break Guzman was re-caputured in 2014 (Getty) The incident also marks the second time Guzman has escaped from prison. In a previous prison break in 2001 he escaped in a laundry cart and remained on the run for nearly four years. |
| At the time of his capture Mr Pena Nieto said that allowing him to escape again would be "unforgiveable". | At the time of his capture Mr Pena Nieto said that allowing him to escape again would be "unforgiveable". |
| Guzman heads the Sinaloa Cartel, which the US described as one of the world's most "violent and powerful drugs cartels". | Guzman heads the Sinaloa Cartel, which the US described as one of the world's most "violent and powerful drugs cartels". |
| (Additional reporting by agencies) | (Additional reporting by agencies) |