'El Chapo' flown to mountains after prison escape, official says
Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was flown to the mountainous region of Sinaloa after escaping via tunnel from a maximum security prison in July, an unnamed federal official told The Associated Press on Saturday. The pilot who flew El Chapo has reportedly been captured.
On Friday, government officials said as authorities closed in on El Chapo recently in northwestern Mexico, he injured his face and leg in escaping.
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