The drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ GUzman has now been recaptured and returned to the same maximum security prison he escaped from six months ago.
He was arrested on Friday after a 4am raid on a house in the town of Los Mochis, located in the kingpin’s home state of Sinaloa, which saw him once again escape from the clutches of police.
The cartel leader and an accomplice fled from agents through a sewer, before emerging into the street where they stole cars and took off.
But authorities were able to catch up with them and the cartel leader was brought back to a nearby hotel while police waited for back up.
U.S. Department of Justice spokesman Peter Carr told CNN: ‘I can confirm that it is the practice of the United States to seek extradition whenever defendants subject to U.S. charges are apprehended in another country.’
Mexican police say the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Marshals aided in El Chapo’s recapture. El Chapo was seen being bundled on to a plane by security officials on Friday afternoon.
