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Cartel. we have pictures of his escape. surveillance video from inside the maximum security prison. ducking into the shower of his prison cell. fully clothed. sitting on his bed. changing his shoes. going back into the shower. that's the last we see of him. authorities say he went into a hole under the shower and escaped through the mile long tunnel. nick valencia got inside the tunnel. here is what he found. >> reporter: this is the closest we have been allowed to get to el chapo's tunnel. the tunnel he used in his escape saturday night. it is all by accounts a magnificent feat of engineering...

Beneath the shower stall and vanished. 21 prison guards are questioned about his escape and the head of the police force has been fired. we are getting a look at the home at the other end of the tunnel where el chapo slipped to freedom. here is nick valencia. >> reporter: we have been granted access to the tunnel and we have been trying to get access to the home where he merged. we got the access. escorted by the military and the attorney general's here in mexico. we saw power tools plugged in to outlets and cinder blocks around us. it seemed the moment they were done building the tunnel they ...

His escape on saturday night. it is a magnificent fete of engineering. let's see exactly what el chapo here had in store. this is a small little exit a couple of feet wide and couple feet long. you see with a ladder ten, 15-foot ladder that leads down in to that tunnel. the room here is nothing to brag about. it's empty. full of cinder blocks. you can see these containers full of dirt here these wheelbarrows full of dirt. here we go. okay. here's another ladder leading down to another part. deeper part deeper section of the tunnel.

About. it's empty. full of cinder blocks. you can see these containers full of dirt here the wheelbarrows full of dirt. here we go. [ speaking spanish ] here is another ladder leading down into another part. a deeper part a deeper section of the tunnel. it's aways down. you can see here, this is the modifiedyied motorcycle that investigators showed us images before. this is on a track. see that? there's buckets left behind. look at this. left behind oxygen tanks as well in order for them to survive down here. it's a very tight space. i can't even stand up. i'm about 5'10".

Something he never did. >> i got put in here the because of escape. attempted escape. had about 75 foot of rope and the password to the officer weight room in the gymnasium. i was going to get a big free weight, throw it up against the window. and i was gone, man. but they searched us and found everything. >> fred mitchell has tried to escape three different times. he actually had 75 feet of rope which is pretty impressive. there is an officer gym room with free weights. he said he had codes to the door but the code changes i believe once a month so the likelihood of actually being able to get...