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Drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman appears in rare prison video after 2016 arrest
By Greg Norman
Published February 19, 2020
Meet the man formerly known as prisoner “3870” who just happened to be among the most powerful drug lords in Mexico.
A video has emerged purportedly showing Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman being booked into a detention center in 2016.
The footage, first obtained by the news website Latinus, shows Guzman answering a series of questions at the Altiplano prison, a maximum security facility in Mexico.
A man believed to be Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is pictured in what is believed to be the Altiplano prison in 2016, in this still image taken from a video supplied by news site Latinus on February 18, 2020. LATINUS/via REUTERS
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He states that his alias is “El Chapo," his occupation is a “farmer," and when asked for his wife’s name, responds: “The one I’m married to is Alejandrina Salazar, but the one I live with is Emma Coronel,” according to Reuters.
Guzman is shown signing paperwork while clad in a prison jumpsuit that has the number “3870” emblazoned on it. He sits down with his hands behind his back so a prison worker can take a booking photo.
Images the website obtained also depict Guzman getting a haircut and mustache trim. He is then searched before being led into his cell.
A man believed to be Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is pictured in what is believed to be the Altiplano prison in 2016, in this still image taken from a video supplied by news site Latinus on February 18, 2020. LATINUS/via REUTERS
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It was not immediately clear how Latinus obtained the video.
Juan Pablo Badillo, a lawyer for Guzman in Mexico, told Reuters his impression was that the video appears in line with the facts about what happened that day.
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In 2015, “El Chapo” escaped from the same facility through a 1-mile-long tunnel that opened into the shower area of his cell.
The former Sinaloa Cartel leader was extradited to the U.S. in 2017 and is now serving a life sentence at ADX Florence, dubbed the “Alcatraz of the Rockies.”
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