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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman

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Jan 11

Watch 5:42
The ethics of Sean Penn’s ‘El Chapo’ conversation

By PBS News Hour

Before Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was recaptured by Mexican authorities, the American movie star and activist Sean Penn met with Mexico’s most wanted man in a jungle hideaway to interview him for Rolling Stone magazine. William Brangham discusses the…

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Jan 10

Sean Penn met secretly with drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

By Elisabeth Ponsot

In an interview with Sean Penn secretly conducted last year, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman admitted he was the world's largest supplier of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana.

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Jan 09

Mexico willing to extradite ‘El Chapo’ to United States

By Michael D. Regan

A Mexican drug lord back in custody after a brazen prison escape last year, was led by soldiers to prison on Friday, as United States officials continue to push for his extradition, a prospect the Mexican government is now said…

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Jan 08

Mexico announces capture of fugitive drug lord ‘El Chapo’

By Erik Andersen

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto tweeted Friday that fugitive drug lord Jaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been captured.

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Jul 18

Photos: Tracing the escape route of Mexico’s most notorious drug lord

By Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Cathy Zhao

See photos of the mile-long escape tunnel, which began in the floor of an abandoned building and ended in a small hole in the floor of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman's shower.

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Jul 17

DEA chief confident escaped drug lord ‘El Chapo’ will be found again

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration's top agent hasn't really slept since he got word Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had sneaked out of maximum-security prison in Mexico though a mile-long tunnel that opened beneath his cell's shower nearly a week…

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Jul 16

Watch 6:14
Crime novelist of ‘The Cartel’ calls for end to war on drugs

By PBS News Hour

The escape of Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán felt to novelist Don Winslow like it came straight out of the pages of his new book, "The Cartel." Winslow has been writing about the drug wars for years, sharing…

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Jul 13

U.S. offers full support to Mexico to capture drug lord ‘El Chapo’

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The United States is pledging assistance to Mexico's government in bringing escaped drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to justice.

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Jul 12

Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán escapes prison for second time

By Andrew Mach

Mexico's most notorious drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, broke out of a maximum security prison on Saturday night for the second time, escaping through a hole under his cell that led to an elaborate tunnel.

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Feb 23

New details of most-wanted drug kingpin captured in Mexico

By Hari Sreenivasan, Elisabeth Ponsot

In a joint effort of Mexican and U.S. law enforcement on Saturday, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the notorious drug kingpin, was taken into custody in the resort city of Mazatlan.

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