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Evading officials, precisely using tunnels. he had a tunnel under a bathtub of his house that he was able to escape from when they were close to catching him just last august. >> well that's how they bring all the druginize to the united states, also. not all, the only way, but one of the ways they bring drugs into the u.s. is using the tunnelling system. they perfected that in california and in arizona particularly. and that's what the sinaloa cartel is known for, so that same technology is now used here. and this has been seen before in mexico but this may be the biggest, the most sophistica...

Authorities checked his cell and he was gone. authorities said they discovered a mile-long tunnel that ran into a building outside of the prison walls from his cell. we're joined by senior correspondent in mexico for the global post. and what can you tell us about guzman is how dangerous is he? what danger does he present to anyone who encounters him? >> in mexico it's not quite likely in the united states that people are scared about them shooting them. there are many criminal gunmen at large in mexico. he's dangerous, but people are not scared of him personally. it's more of a psychological ...

He's with global post. jeff, first of all, where does the rescue operation stand right now as we're speaking? >> well, good afternoon, craig. the rescue operations actually have been -- at least the parents have accused the rescue operations of being quite d disorganized. the government says since the waters are extremely rough and the tides are strong, they've been unable to send in divers to get further closer to the ship. for much of the time, the divers end up feeling their way around because the waters have been too murky. they have tapped on the ship, hoping if they tap on the hull, some...

Passengers, most of them students are sharing video of chaos inside the ship as it was sinking. some say they were told to stay in their cabins as a fire -- as the ferry was tilting to the side. others texted their parents including one who wrote, mom, in case i don't get a chance to speak to you, i love you. the u.s. navy is now helping in the frantic search for survivors. joining -- >> as we are tasked to do search and rescue which we are still doing we still remain optimistic and we hold out hope that there will be some survivors throughout. >> that was lieutenant arlo abraham, a u.s. nav...

It. >> yes. and actually, i have been in contact with the authorities today, but we have not heard anything again details to point to exactly what caused this. all with we know for now is that there are 300 people missing and the fear is that they are trapped below the deck. we know that most of them were high school students with about 15 teachers out of the total of 459 people on the ship. we have four confirmed dead. so it is something that we are waiting to hear more. it is dark now, and we do know that the rescue operation will continue tomorrow morning in earnest. >> geoffry cain, thank ...