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But thats huh heow he evaded being captured for ten years through tunnels. so its not surprising that -- you know in a second captivity, maximum security prison that he resorted to what he knew best. that was -- heavily engineered construction tunnel. you know pop right up underneath the floor of his cell. quite amazing. >> i have been in a number of the tunnels on the border that have been discovered. just the intricacy of them elaborate ventilation system. electricity. but even to be able to y...

Generally speaking people dont work here sundays. thats exactly what they had. people working round-the-clock. what they say is to you know pick up the dirt but heavy machinery, heavy construction ichl spki spoke to one farmer who she said her reaction is nothing but fear hearing that el chapo is back on the loose. >> nick appreciate your reporting. now whatever role any guard or other insiders played the tunnel itself is an el chapo signature. in his prior 13 years at large he equipped many of ...

You know this is somebody who really perfected the tunneling system. its not only to bring drugs into the united states but thats how he evaded being captured ten years is through tunnels. its not surprising that you know in his second captivity in a maximum security prison that he resorted to what he knew best. and that was heavily engineered construction tunnel. you know popping right up underneath the floor of his cell. amazing. >> ive been in a number of these tunnels on the border that have...

Maximum security prison. francis, back to you. >> mark potter there for us outside mexico city. hillary clinton is on capitol hill. shes getting briefed on the iran deal. plus the most comprehensive response yet to the state department e-mail controversy. well have a live report up next. plus closing arguments are expected today in the colorado movie theater shooting. just one of the stories were updating around the snuz nation. building aircraft, the likes of which the world has never see...

>> el chapo -- [ speaking a foreign language ] >> what? >> photos surfaced online showing what appears to be the worlds most wanted man, relaxing with a servasa. always a step ahead of the authorities. >> everything was planned to perfection and how he got away with it was it corruption? was it exploiting? the problem with people like joaquin "el chapo" guzman 12 steps ahead of the game. >> there was a whole structure. literally removed tons of dirt to tunnel through there. >> because obviously ...

Change to a drug lord. whether to get out of prison or in the case of so many other tunnels, to smuggle billions of dollars in drugs across the u.s./mexican border. a few years ago border officials uncovered a massive tunnel between san diego and tijuana. and they showed us around. take a look. this is the most sophisticated tunnel they have ever discovered. certainly the most sophisticated ive ever seen. light bulbs. so there is an electrical system. this is an air vent. this is actually cool a...

Elaborate tunnel joaquin el chapo guzman used to escape from a mexican maximum security prison less than 489 hours ago. the tunnel lined with lightening and ventilation. described as the most prolific and violent drug lords, guzmans multibillion drug empire supplies much of the marijuana, cocaine, and heroin sold here in the united states. mexicos president is vowing his capture this morning, but u.s. officials are growing frustrating saying the escape highlights how deep guzmans corruption runs...

Cartels. i was reading this op-ed that you wrote. hes escaped before, concealing himself in a laundry basket. he was recaptured last year and then locked up in that prison that was supposed to be immune to bribes. an apparently did little to accommodate the usually powerful cartel inmate. so first if you would sort of set the stage for us. in your view, what was life like in prison for him? was it different than the first time around whereas you said it was more like a four star hotel? >> no i v...

Their families alive. >> guzman got out by way of an elaborate underground escape route complete with electricity, lightening and track for a motorcycle and even ventilation. investigators swarmed a half built house at the other end but guzman was nowhere in sight. now two-time escapee broke out of prison in a laundry cart in 2001. on the lam then for more than a decade. a break in that case came in 2013 when investigators discovered seven houses in mexico that were connected by an intricate web...

Mexico said well let you know in about 300 or 400 years. they were i think assuming that he would serve out his prison time. we knew better than that. we wanted to get him here so we could get him into a super max where he would spend 243 hour as day in a cell. >> and some of his enemies in the drug cartels have been extradited to the u.s. so there is precedent. >> and i think that speaks to just how powerful and how far the ten ten in a cals reach. >> so why do you think he fought to not be ext...