Sunday, 10 January 2016

Photos emerge of condo where Mexico's most notorious drug kingpin, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, was found and arrested

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 The home of 'El Chapo' was searched after his arrest by Mexican authorities.

Photos emerged showing the unglamorous Mexican condo where the world’s most notorious drug kingpin, “El Chapo,” was discovered and arrested after a six-month manhunt.

The drug lord, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman, was found asleep next to his beauty-queen wife inside their makeshift home in the city of Los Mochis in the Mexican state of Sinaloa while their children slept nearby.

The 57-year-old cartel boss was arrested after a bloody shootout with Mexican authorities that claimed the lives of five of his cartel workers.

The photos of the shabby furniture and bare rooms show that Guzman and his family weren’t living in luxury as he hid out from Mexican authorities and they depict the aftermath of the home’s search by authorities following his arrest.

The bed where the serial prison breaker was sleeping was stripped and the drawers of the bedroom’s dresser were flung to the floor.

Colorful children's toys, presumably belonging to the couple’s 4-year-old twin daughters, are scattered throughout the sparse home.

Guzman had been caught Friday night by Mexican marines after he broke out of the Altiplano federal maximum security prison west of Mexico City in July 2015 for the second time during his 20-year sentence.

The second prison break, after his first escape in 2001, drew international ridicule to the country who had let Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpin loose after he had already avoided prison through bribery and intimidation while operating a global drug ring.

El Chapo was swiftly sent back to the same prison where he escaped, with the possibility of extradition to the U.S. on charges for exporting drugs to the country.

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The infamous Mexican drug lord was caught because he was contacting actors and producers about making a film about his life.


The U.S. had filed requests for extradition in June 2015, before his escape, for a 21-count indictment in the Eastern District of New York.

Guzman would serve time in a maximum security prison in either Brooklyn or New York.

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 The shabby furniture and bare rooms of the condo show that El Chapo and his family weren't living in luxury as they hid from Mexican authorities.