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"Mission accomplished: We have him. I want to inform the Mexicans that Joaquin Guzman Loera has been detained," the tweet states, written in Spanish.
A U.S. law enforcement official also confirmed his capture to ABC News.
An official from the Mexico Marines confirms to ABC News that Guzman was
captured after a shootout with Mexican Marines in the city of Los
Mochis, in the state of Sinaloa, this morning.
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| The Mexican Navy has released this photo of the weapons they seized, Jan. 8, 2016, during a raid in Los Mochis, in the state of Sinaloa. |
Earlier today, The Associated Press reported that five people had been
killed and six people were arrested when the Mexican Marines raided a
house in Sinaloa. The government has not confirmed a connection between
the two.
There have been other raids in Sinaloa in recent months as part of the then-ongoing search for Guzman, the AP said.
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| The Mexican Navy has released this photo of the home they raided, Jan. 8, 2016, in Los Mochis, in the state of Sinaloa. |
Guzman, 57, escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City July 11 and there has been an active manhunt for him ever since.
When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found that a
ventilated tunnel had been constructed and had an exit via the bathtub
inside Guzman's cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground
and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was
used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro
Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July after Guzman's escape.
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| Attorney Generals Office/Reuters Mexico's Attorney General Arely Gomez Gonzalez looks into the entrance of a tunnel connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary that was used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape on the outskirts of Mexico City, July 12, 2015. |
Guzman had been arrested five months prior to the July escape.
He had escaped before from a prior prison stint, also using a tunnel.
Source: ABCNews