El Chapo’s escape and recapture

Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted to a helicopter at Mexico City’s airport on Friday following his recapture during an intense military operation in Los Mochis, in Sinaloa State.

Marines stand guard outside the house where five gang suspects were killed in the military operation which resulted in the recapture of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in the city of Los Mochis, Sinaloa State, Mexico, on Friday.  (- / AFP/Getty Images)

Forensic experts document the scene where one man was killed by security forces during the firefight that ensued to capture Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in a house under construction in Los Mochis, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016.

Federal police patrol on the perimeters of the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City, on Saturday, where Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, is being held after his recapture on Friday. Guzman was sent back to the maximum-security prison from where he escaped last July 11 through an elaborate tunnel.

Mexican marines inspect a manhole where high-powered weapons were found to be abandoned, in the neighborhood where special forces had located the world’s most-wanted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in Los Mochis, Mexico, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016.

An abandoned weapon is propped against a storm drain wall in the neighborhood where special forces had located the world’s most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in Los Mochis, Mexico, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016.

Mexico Atty. Gen. Arely Gomez, second from right, looks at the end of a tunnel through which Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is believed to have escaped at a house in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico.

Handout picture released by the Attorney General of Mexico (PGR) showing the alleged end of the tunnel through which Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman could have escaped from the Altiplano prison.

Mexican officials believe a tunnel that has an opening in this home could have been used by Mexican drug lord El Chapo Guzman to escape from an Altiplano prison.

Federal policemen inspect a pipeline under construction by the Altiplano prison in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, after Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped.

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, is escorted to a helicopter in Mexico City after his February 2014 capture in Mazatlan.

A policeman searches outside the Altiplano prison in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, after Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped.

Police inspect a vehicle as they search for escaped drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman around the Almoloya de Juarez prison in Toluca, Mexico.

The Altiplano prison in Almoloya de Juarez, Toluca, Mexico, which Joaquin Guzman escaped.

Mexican soldiers search for drug trafficker Joaquin Guzman along the highway between Mexico City and Toluca.

Federal police stand outside the Altiplano prison in Almoloya de Juarez, Toluca, Mexico, after Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin Guzman escaped.