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Guzman used. it is the second escape for the drug kingpin. last time he eluded police for 13 years before being captured a year and a half ago. >> this is like capturing osama bin laden, having him spend a year in prison and then walking away from that prison only to reengage in his terrorist activities. >> today dozens of prison officials are being questioned. guzman was last seen saturday night entering a shower area. there, out of camera range he slipped in a 20 by 20 inch hole down a latter into an elaborately made tunnel. the tunnel stretched about a mile under the prison from a half buil...

Sophisticated escape by joaquin guzman, known as el chapo. >> reporter: when he was arrested in february last year after a 13-year manhunt, mexican authorities bragged they were cracking down hard on major drug traffickers and promised he would never escape from their maximum security prison. but he did escape in a daring highly sophisticated scheme involving a mile-long tunnel beneath the prison wall. a major embarrassment for the mexican government. >> they have no control over the powerful drug cartels that operate in their country and they have no control over the system of justice and inc...

Don't have to eat the grass. martha: a notorious drug king penn escapes from a mexican prison. he was once named the world's most wanted man. he was called the usama bin laden of drug lords. >> reporter: you can probably say he's the world's most wanted man again. even though he was in a maximum security prison many believe he was still running his sinaloa cartel. guzman escaped from prison through a tunnel that opened into a shower area of his home into a home being constructed near the prison.

Cell, the second escape. last time he alluded police for 13 years before being recaptured a year and a half ago. this morning, mexican police are searching for the drug lord. >> this is like capturing osama bin laden, having him spend a year in prison and walking away from the prison only to reengage in the terrorist activities. >> reporter: the authorities say it probably took months of meticulous planning. guzman last seen on a security camera saturday night entering a shower area. there he slipped into a 20 x 20-inch hole down a ladder into a ventilated tunnel made of wood and pipe with a s...

Transferred to mexico city. and what's interesting on the shower there are versions that say he was going to a shower area. what the officials said at press conference is that there was a shower in his cell and that's where they found the hole which he escaped through. he had no contact according to authorities with the prisoners. >> the united states responding right now, clearly upset because u.s. authorities had asked once he was caught again in 2014 for him to be extradited to come here to face charges in the united states. the mexican government said no and now he's gotten away. >> report...