Massive Manhunt Begins As Notorious Mexican Drug Lord, 'El Chapo' Escapes From Prison Again

Mexico started an intensive manhunt for its most powerful drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who authorities said escaped from a maximum security prison through a 1.5-kilometer (1 mile) tunnel from a small opening in the shower area of his cell. 

58-year old, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is a renowed drug lord in Mexico Sinaloa Cartel empire which stretches throughout North America and reaches as far as Europe and Australia. The cartel has been heavily involved in the bloody drug war that has torn through parts of Mexico for a decade, taking an estimated 100,000 lives or more.

Guzman has been in prison but he reportedly escaped last year which was a slap on the face of the Mexican Government that promised there would never be a re-occurrence of the embarrassing moment of his escape.

History again repeated itself yesterday when Mexico prison service made another announcement that the dreaded Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was on the lose again. Since then, several security officials have been sent out on his trail. He allegedly escaped from a maximum security prison through a 1.5-kilometer (1 mile) tunnel from a small opening in the shower area of his cell. The escape route was created in a way that it beat the intelligence and detection of the security men.

Escaped out of this tunnel

President Enrique Pena Nieto has expressed a strong faith in his security operatives who he has urged to recapture the escaping drug lord.

Guzman's escape is a major embarrassment to the Pena Nieto administration, which had received plaudits for its aggressive approach to top drug lords. Since the government took office in late 2012, Mexican authorities have nabbed or killed six of them, including Guzman.

If he is not caught immediately, Guzman lord will likely be back in full command and control of the Sinaloa Cartel in 48 hours, said Michael S. Vigil, a retired U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief of international operations.

  

"We may never find him again," Vigil said. "All the accolades that Mexico has received in their counterdrug efforts will be erased by this one event."

Meanwhile, thirty employees from various part of the Altiplano prison, 55 miles (90 kilometers) west of Mexico City, have been taken in for questioning, the federal Attorney General's Office said.

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