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World Jul 18

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

By Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Cathy Zhao

Mexican authorities question prison workers after Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s jailbreak

On Saturday, notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman, known as “El Chapo,” walked into a shower stall at the maximum security prison and never came out. Officials later discovered a nearly mile-long tunnel had been dug under the prison, ending…

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