MEXICO CITY: The director of the maximum-security prison has been fired after one of the world’s most powerful and deadly drug trafficking operations after his escape.
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who authorities said escaped out of one of the country’s most secure penitentiaries for the second time.
Authorities are offering a reward of up to 60 million pesos (about $3.8 million) for information leading to the location and capture of Guzman.
Earlier, A massive manhunt was underway to find Guzman, the storied boss of one of the world’s most powerful and deadly drug trafficking operations after his escape, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said.
Speaking to reporters Sunday from France, where he is traveling on a state visit, Peña Nieto said he was closely following news of the escape of a man who has been among the most wanted criminals in Mexico and around the world.
Authorities said they later discovered a lighted and ventilated tunnel nearly a mile long that stretched from the prison to a half-built house, where investigators were searching for signs of Guzman’s whereabouts Sunday.
He escaped in 2001 from a high-security prison in a laundry cart and was not apprehended again until 2014, when he was arrested at a Mexican beach resort.
