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Chronology: The pursuit of "El Chapo"

Guatemala, Los Cabos, Mazatlán and Los Mochis.

08/01/2016 |14:57
Redacción El Universal
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The following are the dates in the various pursuits, captures and escapes of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, leader of the Sinaloa cartel, who was captured Friday in Sinaloa:


June 10, 1993: Mexican authorities announce Guzmán's first capture in Guatemala.


1995: Guzmán is convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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Jan. 19, 2001: Guzmán escapes from one of Mexico's two top-security prisons, in Jalisco state, allegedly in a laundry cart.


2012: Mexican federal police nearly capture Guzmán in a coastal mansion in Los Cabos, a day after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with dozens of other foreign ministers in the same resort town.


Feb. 22, 2014: Mexican marines capture Guzmán in a condo in Mazatlán after he eluded them for days through tunnels in Culiacán, also in the state of Sinaloa.


July 11, 2015: Guzmán escapes from the country's top-security prison in Mexico State through a mile-long (1.5 kilometer) tunnel.


Jan. 8, 2016; Mexican marines capture Guzmán in an operation in Los Mochis, Sinaloa.