Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' captured, sent back to prison he escaped from

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By Dave Graham LOS MOCHIS, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico recaptured the world's top drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in a pre-dawn shootout and chase through drains on Friday, returning him to the same prison he escaped from six months ago, in a boost for the beleaguered government. The head of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel was captured in a car wearing a filthy vest after fleeing through tunnels and drains from a raid on a safe house in the city of Los Mochis, in his native northwestern state of Sinaloa. "Mission accomplished: We have him," President Enrique Pena Nieto said on his Twitter account.




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