Fugitive drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was believed to be injured recently as he evaded capture, CNN reports the Mexican government said in a statement Friday.
El Chapo has been on the run since he escaped from a maximum security prison in July, reportedly exiting through a mile-long tunnel he arranged to construct.
Authorities did not say exactly where or when the operation to recapture him took place, or how the top drug lord sustained injuries to his face and leg, only specifying that they were "not the result of a direct confrontation."
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