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'El Chapo' taken to the same prison he escaped

The Mexican attorney general spoke at a ceremony Friday night at Mexico City's airport where Mexican marines displayed Guzmán to journalists.

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09/01/2016 |10:28AP |
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Mexican Attorney General Ariely Gómez says drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is being taken back to Antiplano - the same maximum-security prison where he escaped last July 11 using an elaborate tunnel that was dug to his shower stall.

Guzmán was captured by Mexican marines early Friday in a coastal city, and the attorney general says the drug boss was tracked down partly because he was making a biographical movie.

The attorney general spoke at a ceremony Friday night at Mexico City's airport where Mexican marines displayed Guzmán to journalists.

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Guzmán was put on a navy helicopter to be flown to the prison.