1 00:00:02,750 --> 00:00:04,707 - Tonight, the hunt for one 2 00:00:04,708 --> 00:00:07,041 of the most wanted men in the world 3 00:00:07,042 --> 00:00:10,166 and how this seemingly untouchable drug lord 4 00:00:10,167 --> 00:00:11,957 was finally caught. 5 00:00:11,958 --> 00:00:13,582 - Many say that El Chapo is responsible 6 00:00:13,583 --> 00:00:16,582 for at least 50% of all the illegal drugs 7 00:00:16,583 --> 00:00:19,374 that enter the United States from Mexico. 8 00:00:19,375 --> 00:00:22,041 - Forbes Magazine even estimated his value 9 00:00:22,042 --> 00:00:23,832 into the billions of dollars. 10 00:00:23,833 --> 00:00:27,207 - For years, US and Mexican agents have been searching 11 00:00:27,208 --> 00:00:30,541 for El Chapo, trying to bring him to justice. 12 00:00:30,542 --> 00:00:32,707 - El Chapo becomes public enemy number one, 13 00:00:32,708 --> 00:00:34,207 someone that was always 14 00:00:34,208 --> 00:00:36,957 seemingly outsmarting authorities. 15 00:00:36,958 --> 00:00:39,374 - He really focused on using tunnels 16 00:00:39,375 --> 00:00:41,416 to always have an escape route. 17 00:00:41,417 --> 00:00:44,207 - El Chapo has pulled off the greatest Houdini Act yet 18 00:00:44,208 --> 00:00:46,291 and no one knows where he's at. 19 00:00:46,292 --> 00:00:49,499 - Now, we follow the global hunt for El Chapo 20 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:52,707 and the operation that ended with his capture. 21 00:00:52,708 --> 00:00:55,041 - Everybody in the world is looking for this guy 22 00:00:55,042 --> 00:00:56,374 and he's planning 23 00:00:56,375 --> 00:00:59,041 on making a big budget movie about himself. 24 00:00:59,042 --> 00:01:01,832 - It seems like every time agents hone in on him, 25 00:01:01,833 --> 00:01:03,541 he's magically gone again. 26 00:01:03,542 --> 00:01:06,207 - The question for law enforcement is, 27 00:01:06,208 --> 00:01:08,207 where is the drug Lord hiding 28 00:01:08,208 --> 00:01:10,417 and can they ever get there first? 29 00:01:11,458 --> 00:01:14,250 [dramatic music] 30 00:01:24,667 --> 00:01:27,375 [dramatic music] 31 00:01:28,458 --> 00:01:32,041 - [Laurence] April 8th, 1989, the leader of Mexico's 32 00:01:32,042 --> 00:01:34,707 most powerful drug cartel is arrested 33 00:01:34,708 --> 00:01:37,332 for the murder of a DEA agent. 34 00:01:37,333 --> 00:01:38,874 Before going to prison, 35 00:01:38,875 --> 00:01:42,666 his empire is divided between three drug lords, 36 00:01:42,667 --> 00:01:46,916 but once Gallardo is incarcerated, they go to war. 37 00:01:46,917 --> 00:01:50,916 One of them will stop at nothing to come out on top. 38 00:01:50,917 --> 00:01:56,708 Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman, better known as El Chapo. 39 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,707 - El Chapo is the illiterate son of a Mexican farmer who rose 40 00:01:59,708 --> 00:02:02,541 to prominence to become one of the most famous 41 00:02:02,542 --> 00:02:04,249 and perhaps the most ruthless drug trafficker 42 00:02:04,250 --> 00:02:06,416 in the history of the world. 43 00:02:06,417 --> 00:02:08,707 And he does this by unleashing a rash 44 00:02:08,708 --> 00:02:11,624 of violence across the country of Mexico. 45 00:02:11,625 --> 00:02:13,041 [dramatic music] 46 00:02:13,042 --> 00:02:15,291 - One example of this violence 47 00:02:15,292 --> 00:02:16,999 is he knew that some 48 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,749 of his rival members in a cartel 49 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:21,207 were gonna be dancing one night at a dance club, 50 00:02:21,208 --> 00:02:23,082 so he sends his henchmen 51 00:02:23,083 --> 00:02:25,207 to go raid the dance floor, 52 00:02:25,208 --> 00:02:26,999 bullets flying everywhere, 53 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,374 and the end result? 54 00:02:28,375 --> 00:02:30,792 Most of the cartel members got off scot-free, 55 00:02:31,167 --> 00:02:33,999 but six innocent people died that night. 56 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,541 [dramatic music] 57 00:02:35,542 --> 00:02:37,541 - [Nick] This led to a train reaction 58 00:02:37,542 --> 00:02:39,541 that ended up unfolding at the Guadalajara airport 59 00:02:39,542 --> 00:02:42,416 in broad daylight just a few months later. 60 00:02:42,417 --> 00:02:44,249 His rivals tracked him down 61 00:02:44,250 --> 00:02:45,916 and they thought that they had opened fire 62 00:02:45,917 --> 00:02:47,541 on his white sedan, 63 00:02:47,542 --> 00:02:49,332 but what ended up happening though is they ended up 64 00:02:49,333 --> 00:02:52,250 killing a beloved Mexican Cardinal. 65 00:02:53,417 --> 00:02:54,999 - [Laurence] The cardinal's murder 66 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,374 marks a turning point in the country's narcotics wars. 67 00:02:58,375 --> 00:03:01,124 For the first time, everyday Mexicans see 68 00:03:01,125 --> 00:03:05,499 how brutal the drug trade has become and they want justice. 69 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:07,707 - The Mexican government at this point is also working 70 00:03:07,708 --> 00:03:10,374 with the US Drug Enforcement Administration 71 00:03:10,375 --> 00:03:13,374 who put on a bounty for any information 72 00:03:13,375 --> 00:03:16,166 related to the location of El Chapo. 73 00:03:16,167 --> 00:03:18,082 So he gets a fake passport 74 00:03:18,083 --> 00:03:20,541 and then flees to Guatemala. 75 00:03:20,542 --> 00:03:22,707 - [Nick] He lives pretty comfortably for a little while, 76 00:03:22,708 --> 00:03:25,374 but then the political pressure starts to heat up 77 00:03:25,375 --> 00:03:26,791 and sooner or later he's 78 00:03:26,792 --> 00:03:29,082 cornered by the Guatemalan military 79 00:03:29,083 --> 00:03:30,624 and he is taken into custody 80 00:03:30,625 --> 00:03:32,707 and eventually charged with multiple counts of murder 81 00:03:32,708 --> 00:03:33,791 and drug trafficking. 82 00:03:33,792 --> 00:03:36,749 And he's extradited to Jalisco in Mexico 83 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:39,166 where he's sent to a maximum security prison. 84 00:03:39,167 --> 00:03:42,082 - [Lis] The Mexican government was very proud of this moment, 85 00:03:42,083 --> 00:03:43,707 as well as they should be. 86 00:03:43,708 --> 00:03:47,249 The president goes on TV and says, we have got El Chapo 87 00:03:47,250 --> 00:03:48,833 and he's not going to escape. 88 00:03:49,833 --> 00:03:51,207 [dramatic music] 89 00:03:51,208 --> 00:03:53,707 - El Chapo spends eight years in that prison 90 00:03:53,708 --> 00:03:56,124 and it's really not a bad time for him, 91 00:03:56,125 --> 00:03:57,707 because during the day, 92 00:03:57,708 --> 00:04:01,541 El Chapo micromanages his business using his phone, 93 00:04:01,542 --> 00:04:04,333 and at night, it's party time. 94 00:04:05,333 --> 00:04:07,791 So there is alcohol, there are prostitutes. 95 00:04:07,792 --> 00:04:12,041 He even has a private chef and the wardens in prison 96 00:04:12,042 --> 00:04:14,582 and other officials are paid off, 97 00:04:14,583 --> 00:04:16,500 and so they take care of him there. 98 00:04:17,833 --> 00:04:19,374 - [Laurence] While El Chapo leads 99 00:04:19,375 --> 00:04:21,707 a charmed prison life in Mexico, 100 00:04:21,708 --> 00:04:25,707 the FBI is eager to have him face trial in the US 101 00:04:25,708 --> 00:04:27,041 for his crimes. 102 00:04:27,042 --> 00:04:31,707 In 2001, a new law makes that a possibility. 103 00:04:31,708 --> 00:04:33,499 - [Nick] The Mexican Supreme Court rules 104 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:36,041 that El Chapo can be extradited to the United States, 105 00:04:36,042 --> 00:04:39,582 so long as the death penalty is taken off the table. 106 00:04:39,583 --> 00:04:42,541 But this is one of the worst fears for El Chapo. 107 00:04:42,542 --> 00:04:44,874 The chances of him escaping from prison 108 00:04:44,875 --> 00:04:47,583 in the United States are slim to none. 109 00:04:48,333 --> 00:04:49,292 [dramatic music] 110 00:04:49,417 --> 00:04:50,374 - [Laurence] But his extradition 111 00:04:50,375 --> 00:04:52,249 won't be happening anytime soon. 112 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:55,707 On the evening of January 19th, 2001, 113 00:04:55,708 --> 00:04:58,874 a prison worker makes a shocking discovery. 114 00:04:58,875 --> 00:05:01,874 - [Lis] A security guard goes to check on El Chapo 115 00:05:01,875 --> 00:05:05,707 and there's a curtain draped over his cell. 116 00:05:05,708 --> 00:05:10,583 And as he enters, the inmate is not there. 117 00:05:11,542 --> 00:05:13,666 - [Aldona] El Chapo is no longer in his cell. 118 00:05:13,667 --> 00:05:17,791 So some said that El Chapo disappeared from prison hidden 119 00:05:17,792 --> 00:05:21,457 in a laundry cart under a pile of dirty clothes. 120 00:05:21,458 --> 00:05:22,791 And the way it happened was 121 00:05:22,792 --> 00:05:24,957 that a corrupt prison guard pushed him 122 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:27,291 through various checkpoints 123 00:05:27,292 --> 00:05:29,207 and outside of the prison, 124 00:05:29,208 --> 00:05:31,874 where somebody else whisked him away. 125 00:05:31,875 --> 00:05:33,707 - [Nick] El Chapo's escape was a humiliation 126 00:05:33,708 --> 00:05:35,166 for the Mexican government. 127 00:05:35,167 --> 00:05:37,374 They had just gone on television thumping their chest 128 00:05:37,375 --> 00:05:38,707 that they had caught 129 00:05:38,708 --> 00:05:39,916 the world's most wanted drug trafficker, 130 00:05:39,917 --> 00:05:42,083 only for him to slip through their fingers. 131 00:05:42,792 --> 00:05:44,582 - [Laurence] Thousands of Mexican policemen 132 00:05:44,583 --> 00:05:46,916 scour the countryside and cities, 133 00:05:46,917 --> 00:05:49,207 but every time they think they're close, 134 00:05:49,208 --> 00:05:51,666 the drug lord vanishes. 135 00:05:51,667 --> 00:05:54,166 - [Nick] He's able to stay one step ahead of the authorities 136 00:05:54,167 --> 00:05:57,042 and it's almost as though he's never going to get caught. 137 00:05:58,750 --> 00:06:01,207 - [Laurence] Months go by, then years, 138 00:06:01,208 --> 00:06:03,332 and while the manhunt drags on, 139 00:06:03,333 --> 00:06:05,916 El Chapo expands his operation. 140 00:06:05,917 --> 00:06:08,374 - He's creating new routes to traffic 141 00:06:08,375 --> 00:06:09,582 from Mexico City, 142 00:06:09,583 --> 00:06:11,582 through Sinaloa, Sonora. 143 00:06:11,583 --> 00:06:15,207 He has all the west side of the country under control 144 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:18,874 and he's also expanding in his portfolio of drugs. 145 00:06:18,875 --> 00:06:22,041 He already trafficked marijuana, cocaine, heroin, 146 00:06:22,042 --> 00:06:24,832 and he starts also trafficking meth. 147 00:06:24,833 --> 00:06:27,541 - [Lis] At that point, he has made it very clear he wants 148 00:06:27,542 --> 00:06:31,250 to control the entire US-Mexican border. 149 00:06:32,083 --> 00:06:36,707 In 2007, he declares war on the Juarez cartel. 150 00:06:36,708 --> 00:06:41,166 What that means for the Mexican people is decapitations, 151 00:06:41,167 --> 00:06:43,666 people hanging from bridges, 152 00:06:43,667 --> 00:06:46,791 whole families disappearing in makeshift graves, 153 00:06:46,792 --> 00:06:49,874 and some people just disappearing. 154 00:06:49,875 --> 00:06:52,082 - [Nick] At the height of the violence in Juarez, 155 00:06:52,083 --> 00:06:54,416 tens of thousands of Mexicans are being killed 156 00:06:54,417 --> 00:06:56,124 and many people blame El Chapo 157 00:06:56,125 --> 00:06:57,625 for being behind those murders. 158 00:06:59,042 --> 00:07:00,541 - [Aldona] Rumors have it 159 00:07:00,542 --> 00:07:03,374 that he has entire police departments on his payroll 160 00:07:03,375 --> 00:07:05,874 and also he has his own private army 161 00:07:05,875 --> 00:07:09,374 with armored vehicles, the latest weaponry, 162 00:07:09,375 --> 00:07:11,124 and helicopters, 163 00:07:11,125 --> 00:07:13,416 so it's very hard to reach him. 164 00:07:13,417 --> 00:07:15,541 - [Michael] The Mexican government is paralyzed. 165 00:07:15,542 --> 00:07:18,249 The amount of money that El Chapo is now making, 166 00:07:18,250 --> 00:07:20,374 through the control of the drug trade, 167 00:07:20,375 --> 00:07:22,874 places him at the top of the pyramid. 168 00:07:22,875 --> 00:07:25,792 He's now the premier drug trafficker in the world. 169 00:07:27,458 --> 00:07:28,957 - [Laurence] El Chapo's enterprises 170 00:07:28,958 --> 00:07:31,749 are flooding the United States with drugs, 171 00:07:31,750 --> 00:07:35,541 and the DEA and FBI desperately want him 172 00:07:35,542 --> 00:07:37,374 in an American prison to pay 173 00:07:37,375 --> 00:07:41,624 for the crimes he's committed against American citizens. 174 00:07:41,625 --> 00:07:44,874 - With the entire world now focused on El Chapo, 175 00:07:44,875 --> 00:07:47,957 the problem falls on the shoulders of law enforcement, 176 00:07:47,958 --> 00:07:50,374 the DEA, the Mexican government, 177 00:07:50,375 --> 00:07:53,791 to figure out where El Chapo is hiding. 178 00:07:53,792 --> 00:07:56,374 And they're really struggling with this until they discover 179 00:07:56,375 --> 00:07:58,624 that El Chapo and his leadership 180 00:07:58,625 --> 00:08:01,707 are using Blackberry mobile devices. 181 00:08:01,708 --> 00:08:03,832 But the additional challenge they face is 182 00:08:03,833 --> 00:08:05,707 that the cartel has actually installed 183 00:08:05,708 --> 00:08:08,041 a sophisticated telephone system, 184 00:08:08,042 --> 00:08:10,541 so that they can contact each other, 185 00:08:10,542 --> 00:08:13,582 but hide virtually the ID number 186 00:08:13,583 --> 00:08:16,707 on that phone from law enforcement. 187 00:08:16,708 --> 00:08:18,749 - [Michael] The Blackberry at that time had a number 188 00:08:18,750 --> 00:08:19,957 of security features 189 00:08:19,958 --> 00:08:21,541 and you needed a three digit pin 190 00:08:21,542 --> 00:08:23,666 in order to access that device. 191 00:08:23,667 --> 00:08:27,958 DEA or the FBI did not have that information at that time. 192 00:08:29,583 --> 00:08:31,207 - [Nick] In February, 2012, 193 00:08:31,208 --> 00:08:33,541 it seems as though El Chapo was never gonna be caught, 194 00:08:33,542 --> 00:08:35,082 but then the feds get a big break. 195 00:08:35,083 --> 00:08:36,999 They take into custody Christian Rodriguez, 196 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,207 who's one of the top lieutenants for El Chapo. 197 00:08:39,208 --> 00:08:42,041 And he's really the mastermind behind this encrypted system. 198 00:08:42,042 --> 00:08:44,416 So in exchange for a reduced sentence, 199 00:08:44,417 --> 00:08:45,874 he gives the pin numbers over 200 00:08:45,875 --> 00:08:48,666 and they get the keys to this encryption system. 201 00:08:48,667 --> 00:08:52,624 - [Lis] So now the DEA has the general location 202 00:08:52,625 --> 00:08:55,582 of El Chapo and his lieutenants, 203 00:08:55,583 --> 00:08:58,416 but the thing is they can't pinpoint it down 204 00:08:58,417 --> 00:08:59,833 to a particular house. 205 00:09:04,333 --> 00:09:05,624 [dramatic music] 206 00:09:05,625 --> 00:09:08,041 - [Mike] There is a great deal of certainty 207 00:09:08,042 --> 00:09:11,791 that these devices are operating in Cabo San Lucas. 208 00:09:11,792 --> 00:09:13,874 This is a very populated area. 209 00:09:13,875 --> 00:09:15,957 In fact, this is a place that probably has 210 00:09:15,958 --> 00:09:19,166 two and a half to 3 million visitors every year, 211 00:09:19,167 --> 00:09:20,874 usually rich Americans 212 00:09:20,875 --> 00:09:23,957 or wealthy Mexicans that are coming to vacation. 213 00:09:23,958 --> 00:09:26,041 It's also, at that moment in time, 214 00:09:26,042 --> 00:09:29,207 one of the most secure places on the planet. 215 00:09:29,208 --> 00:09:32,207 - [Alejandra] In 2012, the G20 summit is happening in Los Cabos 216 00:09:32,208 --> 00:09:35,374 and this is a very high profile political moment. 217 00:09:35,375 --> 00:09:37,374 There's Hillary Clinton in town, 218 00:09:37,375 --> 00:09:38,957 there's a lot of media, 219 00:09:38,958 --> 00:09:41,582 there's a lot of security for all the diplomats coming in, 220 00:09:41,583 --> 00:09:44,750 and at that time, Chapo is also in town. 221 00:09:46,375 --> 00:09:50,041 - [Laurence] According to messages and GPS phone signals, 222 00:09:50,042 --> 00:09:53,166 El Chapo and his entourage are staying somewhere 223 00:09:53,167 --> 00:09:57,249 in an exclusive community just north of Cabo San Lucas. 224 00:09:57,250 --> 00:09:59,374 - [Michael] The Mexican authorities put together 225 00:09:59,375 --> 00:10:01,832 a 300 man operational team, 226 00:10:01,833 --> 00:10:04,416 which also involves some DEA personnel, 227 00:10:04,417 --> 00:10:06,707 to surround the resort area 228 00:10:06,708 --> 00:10:09,541 to try and prevent El Chapo 229 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:11,667 from escaping once again. 230 00:10:12,750 --> 00:10:14,082 - [Nick] February 21st, 2012, 231 00:10:14,083 --> 00:10:16,166 it's go time for the Mexican authorities. 232 00:10:16,167 --> 00:10:18,666 The problem is that they don't know exactly where he is. 233 00:10:18,667 --> 00:10:20,916 They know of about a dozen beachfront mansions 234 00:10:20,917 --> 00:10:23,499 and they raid every single one 235 00:10:23,500 --> 00:10:24,999 and they come up empty handed. 236 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,457 And it isn't until the last one, 237 00:10:26,458 --> 00:10:29,249 another beachfront mansion at the end of a cul-de-sac, 238 00:10:29,250 --> 00:10:33,249 that they zero in on who they believe is El Chapo. 239 00:10:33,250 --> 00:10:34,874 [indistinct screaming] 240 00:10:34,875 --> 00:10:36,707 - [Aldona] They barge through the door 241 00:10:36,708 --> 00:10:40,291 and there they find El Chapo's pilot. 242 00:10:40,292 --> 00:10:42,707 And the other people who were arrested in this house 243 00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:45,291 actually tell them, oh yeah, El Chapo was here, 244 00:10:45,292 --> 00:10:49,000 but when he heard noises, he left through the back door. 245 00:10:51,042 --> 00:10:53,374 - [Laurence] The Mexican authorities' repeated failure 246 00:10:53,375 --> 00:10:57,666 to capture El Chapo is, for many, a national joke. 247 00:10:57,667 --> 00:10:59,707 First, he allegedly rolls out 248 00:10:59,708 --> 00:11:02,707 of a maximum security prison with the laundry. 249 00:11:02,708 --> 00:11:04,957 Now, he simply walks out the back door 250 00:11:04,958 --> 00:11:07,374 of his fancy seaside mansion. 251 00:11:07,375 --> 00:11:09,957 - [Lis] The fact that they have had this big operation 252 00:11:09,958 --> 00:11:12,874 and they let the guy go out through the back door, 253 00:11:12,875 --> 00:11:15,249 it is not a good look for the Mexican government 254 00:11:15,250 --> 00:11:18,874 and it's a very, very low moment in the morale 255 00:11:18,875 --> 00:11:20,250 of Mexican authorities. 256 00:11:21,333 --> 00:11:23,874 - [Michael] Now, the DEA are extremely upset. 257 00:11:23,875 --> 00:11:26,707 They believe that there is a significant leak 258 00:11:26,708 --> 00:11:28,916 within the Mexican police. 259 00:11:28,917 --> 00:11:31,749 - [Nick] Just days after he slips out the back door, 260 00:11:31,750 --> 00:11:34,541 his cell phone is back on in Cabo 261 00:11:34,542 --> 00:11:35,791 and it's pinging again 262 00:11:35,792 --> 00:11:37,874 and it's almost as though El Chapo is sort of 263 00:11:37,875 --> 00:11:40,167 thumbing his nose at authorities that are on his tail. 264 00:11:44,458 --> 00:11:45,750 [dramatic music] 265 00:11:45,875 --> 00:11:47,499 - [Laurence] For more than 15 years, Joaquin Guzman, 266 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:49,082 AKA El Chapo, 267 00:11:49,083 --> 00:11:52,457 has dodged Mexican and US law enforcement at every turn. 268 00:11:52,458 --> 00:11:55,832 No matter what agents try, the kingpin always seems 269 00:11:55,833 --> 00:11:57,541 to be three steps ahead of them. 270 00:11:57,542 --> 00:12:03,207 That is until 2012 when a young DEA agent named Andrew Hogan 271 00:12:03,208 --> 00:12:05,374 arrives in Mexico City, 272 00:12:05,375 --> 00:12:09,750 determined to outsmart El Chapo once and for all. 273 00:12:11,042 --> 00:12:13,999 - [Lis] Hogan realizes that even with the narrow escape, 274 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,082 El Chapo is still using the same Blackberry system, 275 00:12:17,083 --> 00:12:19,374 but he does see a difference. 276 00:12:19,375 --> 00:12:20,999 It used to be 277 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,707 that the messages were going directly from a lieutenant, 278 00:12:24,708 --> 00:12:27,375 or even somebody lower, to El Chapo. 279 00:12:28,167 --> 00:12:29,499 - [Mike] There was something that was a little different 280 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:30,916 this time. 281 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:33,249 It appeared that many of the conversations seemed 282 00:12:33,250 --> 00:12:35,457 to drop off midstream. 283 00:12:35,458 --> 00:12:37,832 And as Hogan looked at these messages, he started 284 00:12:37,833 --> 00:12:40,374 to wonder if they were using a strategy 285 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:44,332 that he had witnessed in other drug investigations. 286 00:12:44,333 --> 00:12:45,999 [dramatic music] 287 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,166 - [Laurence] Hogan, a data expert, recognizes this pattern. 288 00:12:49,167 --> 00:12:51,249 It's a classic counterintelligence move 289 00:12:51,250 --> 00:12:53,582 known as mirroring. 290 00:12:53,583 --> 00:12:54,957 - [Michael] The way mirroring works, 291 00:12:54,958 --> 00:12:57,207 if you want to talk to El Chapo, you have 292 00:12:57,208 --> 00:13:00,707 to send a Blackberry message to a secondary individual. 293 00:13:00,708 --> 00:13:04,582 That individual retrieves the message, types it on a laptop, 294 00:13:04,583 --> 00:13:08,624 uses the Wi-Fi system to send it to another individual 295 00:13:08,625 --> 00:13:10,207 who retrieves the message, 296 00:13:10,208 --> 00:13:14,041 retypes it on his blackberry and sends it to El Chapo. 297 00:13:14,042 --> 00:13:16,124 El Chapo will answer the same way. 298 00:13:16,125 --> 00:13:18,749 So now you see there's a firewall between the individual 299 00:13:18,750 --> 00:13:20,874 who sent the message and the individual 300 00:13:20,875 --> 00:13:22,249 who received the message, 301 00:13:22,250 --> 00:13:25,832 making it impossible to track El Chapo. 302 00:13:25,833 --> 00:13:27,832 [dramatic music] 303 00:13:27,833 --> 00:13:30,041 - [Laurence] But Hogan isn't ready to give up. 304 00:13:30,042 --> 00:13:32,874 He's hoping that if he can identify cartel members 305 00:13:32,875 --> 00:13:34,791 who are still using the server, 306 00:13:34,792 --> 00:13:37,207 he'll eventually find the man himself. 307 00:13:37,208 --> 00:13:41,124 But first, he needs to decipher their messages. 308 00:13:41,125 --> 00:13:45,082 - [Mike] What he discovers is that there are a few keywords 309 00:13:45,083 --> 00:13:46,624 that really stand out. 310 00:13:46,625 --> 00:13:50,207 One, is the keyword "a hooded one," which he determines 311 00:13:50,208 --> 00:13:55,041 to be law enforcement officers, particularly DEA agents. 312 00:13:55,042 --> 00:13:58,874 Another term used by the cartel is the water ones. 313 00:13:58,875 --> 00:14:01,916 That indicates the Mexican navy. 314 00:14:01,917 --> 00:14:04,291 And someone on the roll indicated somebody 315 00:14:04,292 --> 00:14:06,416 who was taking bribes from the cartel 316 00:14:06,417 --> 00:14:08,125 and providing information. 317 00:14:09,208 --> 00:14:11,666 - [Lis] Hogan focuses in on the lieutenants. 318 00:14:11,667 --> 00:14:15,207 And one day, there's a new phone that's involved 319 00:14:15,208 --> 00:14:18,624 that's barking orders to these lieutenants. 320 00:14:18,625 --> 00:14:19,541 - [Laurence] Hogan is betting 321 00:14:19,542 --> 00:14:22,082 that this can only be El Chapo, 322 00:14:22,083 --> 00:14:25,416 and for some reason, the boss is back online. 323 00:14:25,417 --> 00:14:28,541 And according to this new phone's GPS signal, 324 00:14:28,542 --> 00:14:30,291 he's on the move. 325 00:14:30,292 --> 00:14:32,457 - [Mike] As Hogan goes through all of this information, 326 00:14:32,458 --> 00:14:35,957 he starts to really focus on the city of Culiacan. 327 00:14:35,958 --> 00:14:38,249 He believes very strongly that El Chapo 328 00:14:38,250 --> 00:14:42,374 and his top lieutenants are going there to conduct business. 329 00:14:42,375 --> 00:14:44,541 More than a year passes as they watch 330 00:14:44,542 --> 00:14:48,375 and wait preparing for what might be their next move. 331 00:14:49,708 --> 00:14:53,541 - [Laurence] Finally, in December, 2013, there's a break. 332 00:14:53,542 --> 00:14:56,374 Several cartel phones light up with a word 333 00:14:56,375 --> 00:14:59,957 that's used over and over, "Pichis." 334 00:14:59,958 --> 00:15:01,207 - [Lis] Hogan and the others, 335 00:15:01,208 --> 00:15:03,374 they don't know whether it's a cartel nickname 336 00:15:03,375 --> 00:15:05,332 or whether it's something warning 337 00:15:05,333 --> 00:15:07,582 that law enforcement's listening in, 338 00:15:07,583 --> 00:15:09,541 until Hogan goes to a map. 339 00:15:09,542 --> 00:15:12,250 [dramatic music] 340 00:15:15,042 --> 00:15:17,207 [loud gunshot] 341 00:15:17,208 --> 00:15:19,166 - [Aldona] Pichis is a nickname 342 00:15:19,167 --> 00:15:23,374 for an abandoned duck hunting club called Pichiguila, 343 00:15:23,375 --> 00:15:27,207 located in the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains. 344 00:15:27,208 --> 00:15:30,166 The intel on the ground lets Hogan know 345 00:15:30,167 --> 00:15:33,082 that El Chapo actually bought this place 346 00:15:33,083 --> 00:15:37,999 and he is fixing it up into a luxury fortress. 347 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,541 - [Lis] The land is flat 348 00:15:39,542 --> 00:15:42,207 which from El Chapo's perspective is good 349 00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:45,457 because he can see anybody coming in, nobody can hide. 350 00:15:45,458 --> 00:15:49,041 It's a horrible place for a raid, for precisely that reason 351 00:15:49,042 --> 00:15:51,750 but, Hogan is detirmined. 352 00:15:51,875 --> 00:15:54,457 "We've got him there. Let's go after him" 353 00:15:54,458 --> 00:15:57,624 - [Aldona] Hogan thinks this is a good moment to attack, 354 00:15:57,625 --> 00:15:59,374 but he's very wary 355 00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:01,749 of the situation that happened in Kabul. 356 00:16:01,750 --> 00:16:04,207 He doesn't want another humiliation, 357 00:16:04,208 --> 00:16:06,499 but legally he's required 358 00:16:06,500 --> 00:16:10,707 to inform the Mexican law enforcement about the intel. 359 00:16:10,708 --> 00:16:12,582 So he contacts SEMAR, 360 00:16:12,583 --> 00:16:16,332 which is an equivalent of American Marine forces 361 00:16:16,333 --> 00:16:19,208 and they have a plan for an attack. 362 00:16:20,417 --> 00:16:23,916 - [Laurence] On the morning of January 19th, 2014, 363 00:16:23,917 --> 00:16:26,207 Hogan gets a call from a fellow agent 364 00:16:26,208 --> 00:16:29,999 that El Chapo has just arrived at the target location. 365 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,582 It's time to make their move. 366 00:16:32,583 --> 00:16:35,249 - [Michael] They amass a major operation. 367 00:16:35,250 --> 00:16:36,707 They have the Black Hawks. 368 00:16:36,708 --> 00:16:40,999 They have hundreds of SEMAR and 50 DEA agents. 369 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,207 They cover the back area this time, 370 00:16:43,208 --> 00:16:46,583 in an attempt to prevent El Chapo from escaping yet again. 371 00:16:47,708 --> 00:16:50,457 - [Mike] Hogan's plan seems very comprehensive. 372 00:16:50,458 --> 00:16:53,999 He has the military helping with any air operations, 373 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,082 with anything that's happening by water, 374 00:16:56,083 --> 00:16:58,416 to cut off the Gulf of California. 375 00:16:58,417 --> 00:17:00,874 And of course, the DEA handling anything 376 00:17:00,875 --> 00:17:02,791 as far as the roads going in and out 377 00:17:02,792 --> 00:17:05,416 of the facility are concerned. 378 00:17:05,417 --> 00:17:06,500 - [Lis] They're ready to go, 379 00:17:08,208 --> 00:17:11,374 until Hogan gets a message from another DEA agent 380 00:17:11,375 --> 00:17:13,749 who has intercepted a message to El Chapo. 381 00:17:13,750 --> 00:17:17,874 It said, "The ones from the water... hooded ones... 382 00:17:17,875 --> 00:17:20,582 stay alert crossing the pond." 383 00:17:20,583 --> 00:17:23,707 - [Mike] The message to El Chapo from his insiders is 384 00:17:23,708 --> 00:17:26,874 to be careful when he tries to cross the pond, 385 00:17:26,875 --> 00:17:29,207 or that Gulf of California 386 00:17:29,208 --> 00:17:31,292 where those marines are waiting for him. 387 00:17:32,583 --> 00:17:35,166 - [Aldona] Obviously somebody's warning El Chapo 388 00:17:35,167 --> 00:17:37,249 that the American intel is coming, 389 00:17:37,250 --> 00:17:40,874 that the Marines are coming, that the SEMAR is coming. 390 00:17:40,875 --> 00:17:44,207 They just don't know how it could have happened. 391 00:17:44,208 --> 00:17:46,041 - [Lis] They later get a message saying, 392 00:17:46,042 --> 00:17:48,707 "That 10K roll was worth it," 393 00:17:48,708 --> 00:17:50,957 meaning someone had just been paid off. 394 00:17:50,958 --> 00:17:52,874 Hogan is distraught. 395 00:17:52,875 --> 00:17:54,624 The only silver lining in all of this 396 00:17:54,625 --> 00:17:57,707 is they still have access to El Chapo's phone. 397 00:17:57,708 --> 00:18:01,707 So all Hogan needs to do is just sit back 398 00:18:01,708 --> 00:18:03,292 and wait for it to ping again. 399 00:18:07,125 --> 00:18:08,957 [dramatic music] 400 00:18:08,958 --> 00:18:11,041 - [Laurence] In 2014, the Mexican drug lord, El Chapo, 401 00:18:11,042 --> 00:18:12,207 sits at the very top 402 00:18:12,208 --> 00:18:14,499 of the FBI's most wanted list, 403 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:19,207 but every time law enforcement gets near him, he slips away. 404 00:18:19,208 --> 00:18:21,957 Now, agents have tracked his phone 405 00:18:21,958 --> 00:18:24,666 to the Mexican city of Culiacan. 406 00:18:24,667 --> 00:18:27,707 This is the headquarters of El Chapo's cartel, 407 00:18:27,708 --> 00:18:30,832 one of the most dangerous places on Earth. 408 00:18:30,833 --> 00:18:35,707 - [Nick] This is a place that is 100% controlled by the cartels. 409 00:18:35,708 --> 00:18:39,666 Even in Culiacan, first responders are not safe, 410 00:18:39,667 --> 00:18:42,707 and it's a place where you find innocent people 411 00:18:42,708 --> 00:18:43,791 as collateral damage 412 00:18:43,792 --> 00:18:45,999 to the violence carried out by the cartels. 413 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,707 It's unclear if El Chapo knows that he's being tracked, 414 00:18:49,708 --> 00:18:51,541 but he knows that he's going to be safe here. 415 00:18:51,542 --> 00:18:54,249 This is his hometown, this is his headquarters, 416 00:18:54,250 --> 00:18:56,499 this is his base of operations. 417 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:59,374 - [Lis] El Chapo knows that the town is under lockdown 418 00:18:59,375 --> 00:19:03,207 and he retreats about a mile from the center of town, 419 00:19:03,208 --> 00:19:06,957 where the DEA is still able to follow these pings. 420 00:19:06,958 --> 00:19:08,082 [helicopters whirring] 421 00:19:08,083 --> 00:19:09,624 - [Laurence] DEA agent Andrew Hogan 422 00:19:09,625 --> 00:19:12,666 and his team have a critical choice to make. 423 00:19:12,667 --> 00:19:15,416 Do they move into dangerous cartel territory 424 00:19:15,417 --> 00:19:17,457 and try to capture El Chapo 425 00:19:17,458 --> 00:19:21,582 or wait until he heads to a safer, less fortified spot? 426 00:19:21,583 --> 00:19:24,041 - [Lis] The DEA and the Mexican authorities are concerned 427 00:19:24,042 --> 00:19:26,582 that El Chapo's way ahead of 'em. 428 00:19:26,583 --> 00:19:30,374 They're still in his territory, so they're very reluctant. 429 00:19:30,375 --> 00:19:32,791 - Hogan pushes back hard because he knows, 430 00:19:32,792 --> 00:19:34,457 based on reading Chapo's text, 431 00:19:34,458 --> 00:19:36,541 that Chapo doesn't think he's under surveillance. 432 00:19:36,542 --> 00:19:38,291 And he's got it down to about a one block radius 433 00:19:38,292 --> 00:19:41,082 of where he thinks Chapo Guzman is. 434 00:19:41,083 --> 00:19:43,417 So he believes that it's now or never. 435 00:19:44,958 --> 00:19:50,207 [dramatic music] 436 00:19:50,208 --> 00:19:54,916 - [Nick] On February 15th, 2014, it is a full all out operation 437 00:19:54,917 --> 00:19:56,416 to go into Culiacan. 438 00:19:56,417 --> 00:19:58,957 They use helicopters, armored tanks, 439 00:19:58,958 --> 00:20:00,791 to go in to descend on El Chapo, 440 00:20:00,792 --> 00:20:02,541 because they're expecting to be met 441 00:20:02,542 --> 00:20:04,874 with the most fierce resistance. 442 00:20:04,875 --> 00:20:07,541 - [Lis] Hogan can't pinpoint the exact house, 443 00:20:07,542 --> 00:20:10,666 so they're swarming in around this neighborhood 444 00:20:10,667 --> 00:20:12,374 and that's when it intercepts a message 445 00:20:12,375 --> 00:20:14,457 from El Chapo to his cook, 446 00:20:14,458 --> 00:20:16,458 "Lucia flatten the bathtub." 447 00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:20,082 - [Nathan] Hogan doesn't quite know what that means, 448 00:20:20,083 --> 00:20:21,874 but it's significant. 449 00:20:21,875 --> 00:20:24,541 Surprisingly, the Marines are able to sweep through the city 450 00:20:24,542 --> 00:20:26,916 and encounter little physical resistance. 451 00:20:26,917 --> 00:20:30,207 - [Lis] They're able to get through the town fairly quickly. 452 00:20:30,208 --> 00:20:33,332 They do wound a couple of the cartel members, 453 00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:36,332 but it's a large neighborhood with a lot of houses, 454 00:20:36,333 --> 00:20:38,957 so they're not exactly sure where to go. 455 00:20:38,958 --> 00:20:43,249 They uncover piles of guns, bricks of drugs, 456 00:20:43,250 --> 00:20:45,499 but El Chapo is nowhere to be found. 457 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:47,874 - [Nick] Just as they're about to wrap up the operation, 458 00:20:47,875 --> 00:20:49,874 they find somebody who's trying to get outta town. 459 00:20:49,875 --> 00:20:52,624 And this is another one of the top lieutenants for El Chapo, 460 00:20:52,625 --> 00:20:56,375 a man who goes by the name of El Nariz, or the nose. 461 00:20:57,542 --> 00:20:58,707 - [Laurence] The Nose has been part 462 00:20:58,708 --> 00:21:01,332 of El Chapo's inner circle for years 463 00:21:01,333 --> 00:21:04,791 and sits high on authority's most wanted list. 464 00:21:04,792 --> 00:21:08,166 Almost immediately, for reasons he doesn't share, 465 00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:10,416 he sells out his boss. 466 00:21:10,417 --> 00:21:12,207 - [Alejandra] Law enforcement thinks 467 00:21:12,208 --> 00:21:13,666 that Chapo will be where Nariz is, 468 00:21:13,667 --> 00:21:15,916 so they do start questioning him 469 00:21:15,917 --> 00:21:17,999 and pretty quickly Nariz says, 470 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,999 "Look, it's a system where we call all the safe houses 471 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,542 with numbers and El Chapo is in house number five. 472 00:21:25,792 --> 00:21:27,874 - [Nathan] The DEA and the Marines, 473 00:21:27,875 --> 00:21:32,207 they know it could be a trap, but they descend on a building 474 00:21:32,208 --> 00:21:35,874 and they come upon a steel door 475 00:21:35,875 --> 00:21:40,541 reinforced against blast and heat, and it slows them down. 476 00:21:40,542 --> 00:21:42,707 - [Lis] When the DEA and the Marines reach the door, 477 00:21:42,708 --> 00:21:44,416 they're met with a spray of bullets 478 00:21:44,417 --> 00:21:46,832 and one soldier is injured 479 00:21:46,833 --> 00:21:50,291 and two cartel members are tackled and brought down. 480 00:21:50,292 --> 00:21:52,582 They keep going through the building 481 00:21:52,583 --> 00:21:55,957 and they get to a bathroom. 482 00:21:55,958 --> 00:21:57,374 [dramatic music] 483 00:21:57,375 --> 00:21:58,666 - [Laurence] Like the rest of the house, 484 00:21:58,667 --> 00:22:01,624 it's deserted, but as they enter the bathroom, 485 00:22:01,625 --> 00:22:03,541 the soldiers discover exactly 486 00:22:03,542 --> 00:22:07,124 how El Chapo managed to vanish again. 487 00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:10,041 - [Nathan] Agents find that the bathtub can be lifted 488 00:22:10,042 --> 00:22:11,874 and that there's a tunnel 489 00:22:11,875 --> 00:22:14,207 and that that tunnel system connects 490 00:22:14,208 --> 00:22:16,249 to all the other safe houses. 491 00:22:16,250 --> 00:22:18,499 - [Nick] It's at this point that Hogan sees the bathtub 492 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:20,582 and he understands the text that was sent, 493 00:22:20,583 --> 00:22:23,374 "Lucia flatten the bathtub, was El Chapo telling his 494 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:26,999 personal chef to try to help him to escape. 495 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,582 - [Lis] The agents realize he could have only had 496 00:22:28,583 --> 00:22:30,499 about a 15 minute headstart, 497 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:35,166 but no one in that town is going to utter a word. 498 00:22:35,167 --> 00:22:36,333 They're afraid of him. 499 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,082 - [Nathan] The one piece of good news is 500 00:22:39,083 --> 00:22:40,416 that he's likely traveling 501 00:22:40,417 --> 00:22:44,124 with one of his most trusted compatriots, El Condor. 502 00:22:44,125 --> 00:22:47,541 Luckily, Hogan had already been tracking El Condor's 503 00:22:47,542 --> 00:22:50,958 Blackberry device, but it goes dead for five days. 504 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,624 - [Laurence] Then, on February 20th, 505 00:22:54,625 --> 00:22:57,249 El Condor's phone buzzes to life. 506 00:22:57,250 --> 00:22:58,582 He's sending a text 507 00:22:58,583 --> 00:23:01,374 - [Alejandra] Condor's signal pops up in Mazatlan, 508 00:23:01,375 --> 00:23:03,207 this coastal city a little over an hour 509 00:23:03,208 --> 00:23:04,832 and a half drive from Culiacan. 510 00:23:04,833 --> 00:23:06,541 There's a lot of tourists in that town, 511 00:23:06,542 --> 00:23:08,291 but it's not a hotspot. 512 00:23:08,292 --> 00:23:11,124 - [Nathan] Hogan at this point is wondering, is this a trick? 513 00:23:11,125 --> 00:23:12,166 Is this a deception? 514 00:23:12,167 --> 00:23:13,499 Chapo Guzman has fooled people 515 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:15,332 before by switching out phones, 516 00:23:15,333 --> 00:23:20,041 but over the next few days they intercept more text messages 517 00:23:20,042 --> 00:23:21,707 from Chapo Guzman's men, 518 00:23:21,708 --> 00:23:23,416 and it starts to make them think 519 00:23:23,417 --> 00:23:25,917 that it really is them in Mazatlan. 520 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:30,500 [dramatic music] 521 00:23:31,958 --> 00:23:33,749 - [Alejandra] In Mazatlan, law enforcement find 522 00:23:33,750 --> 00:23:35,666 that the GPS signal from Condor is coming 523 00:23:35,667 --> 00:23:37,749 from the mid Miramar Condominio. 524 00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:40,416 This is a very low key hotel 525 00:23:40,417 --> 00:23:42,042 and it's a very unassuming place. 526 00:23:42,917 --> 00:23:46,082 - [Laurence] On February 21st, 2014, 527 00:23:46,083 --> 00:23:47,874 in a massive pre-dawn raid, 528 00:23:47,875 --> 00:23:51,207 40 Mexican soldiers storm the Miramar. 529 00:23:51,208 --> 00:23:54,999 - [Lis] They realized fairly quickly that nobody's there, 530 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,667 except in room 401. 531 00:23:58,042 --> 00:23:59,791 - [Nick] When they finally batter down the door, 532 00:23:59,792 --> 00:24:01,582 there on the other side of it is El Condor. 533 00:24:01,583 --> 00:24:03,041 He is there with a rifle, 534 00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:04,749 but he quickly realizes he's outnumbered 535 00:24:04,750 --> 00:24:06,707 and he surrenders very quickly. 536 00:24:06,708 --> 00:24:10,666 They see also somebody hiding in the master bedroom, 537 00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:12,582 and when they look behind the door, 538 00:24:12,583 --> 00:24:15,374 there is the world's most wanted drug trafficker. 539 00:24:15,375 --> 00:24:17,707 - [Alejandra] Chapo basically tries to run for the bathroom, 540 00:24:17,708 --> 00:24:19,832 but at that point it's just impossible. 541 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:21,041 People remember him saying, 542 00:24:21,042 --> 00:24:22,958 "I cannot believe you caught me." 543 00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:27,791 - [Laurence] The next day, the story is front page news. 544 00:24:27,792 --> 00:24:31,374 El Chapo is on his way to Altiplano prison. 545 00:24:31,375 --> 00:24:34,207 - [Nick] Altiplano is the most maximum security prison 546 00:24:34,208 --> 00:24:37,207 in all of Mexico and Mexican authorities are convinced 547 00:24:37,208 --> 00:24:40,124 that once he's there, he will stay there forever. 548 00:24:40,125 --> 00:24:42,125 But they seriously underestimated El Chapo. 549 00:24:46,625 --> 00:24:47,375 - [Laurence] In 2014, 550 00:24:47,792 --> 00:24:50,624 when El Chapo is sent to Altiplano prison, 551 00:24:50,625 --> 00:24:53,707 the most secure facility in all of Mexico, 552 00:24:53,708 --> 00:24:57,666 most observers figure he's behind bars for good. 553 00:24:57,667 --> 00:25:00,249 Not only is the facility a no-fly zone, 554 00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:05,249 its walls are made of concrete three feet thick, 555 00:25:05,250 --> 00:25:09,124 strong enough to resist a full-scale military assault. 556 00:25:09,125 --> 00:25:12,166 And unlike the last time, he's now being watched 557 00:25:12,167 --> 00:25:14,666 by video cameras 24/7. 558 00:25:14,667 --> 00:25:19,457 El Chapo's long and bloody reign is over at last, 559 00:25:19,458 --> 00:25:21,042 or so it seems 560 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,707 - [Mike] The United States government is trying to 561 00:25:23,708 --> 00:25:28,000 extradite him to the USA and that terrifies El Chapo. 562 00:25:28,750 --> 00:25:31,749 - [Lis] If El Chapo is extradited to the US, 563 00:25:31,750 --> 00:25:34,666 he will lose all his power in the drug cartel, 564 00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:36,042 and he can't have that. 565 00:25:36,875 --> 00:25:38,624 - [Mike] Throughout this entire process, 566 00:25:38,625 --> 00:25:40,874 his lawyers are working overtime trying 567 00:25:40,875 --> 00:25:42,917 to block this extradition move. 568 00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:46,999 - [Nick] For 15 months, he is in solitary confinement by himself 569 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,207 and he's under 24 hour surveillance. 570 00:25:49,208 --> 00:25:51,957 This man that once lived this very lavish lifestyle 571 00:25:51,958 --> 00:25:55,624 is reduced to a cell that's barely big enough to pace in. 572 00:25:55,625 --> 00:25:58,207 He's allowed one hour outside every single day 573 00:25:58,208 --> 00:26:01,082 and then he's put right back into his cell. 574 00:26:01,083 --> 00:26:03,499 - [Lis] In this cell, unlike the one in Jalisco, 575 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:05,041 there are live cameras 576 00:26:05,042 --> 00:26:09,374 that can capture almost every vantage point. 577 00:26:09,375 --> 00:26:10,958 [dramatic music] 578 00:26:11,083 --> 00:26:15,041 - [Nick] On July 11th, 2015, El Chapo is sitting on his bed. 579 00:26:15,042 --> 00:26:17,541 It looks like just any other ordinary night, 580 00:26:17,542 --> 00:26:20,332 and about 8:10 he gets it from his bed, 581 00:26:20,333 --> 00:26:22,207 paces over to the shower area, 582 00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:25,707 ducks down behind this wall and disappears 583 00:26:25,708 --> 00:26:27,791 - [Mike] For the next 26 minutes, 584 00:26:27,792 --> 00:26:30,666 he's not appearing on camera. 585 00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:33,707 Finally, the correctional staff goes and checks 586 00:26:33,708 --> 00:26:36,791 El Chapo's cell only to discover 587 00:26:36,792 --> 00:26:39,541 that there's a hole in that shower area 588 00:26:39,542 --> 00:26:41,666 and El Chapo is gone. 589 00:26:41,667 --> 00:26:44,708 [dramatic music] 590 00:26:47,792 --> 00:26:49,291 [dramatic music] 591 00:26:49,292 --> 00:26:51,582 - [Laurence] When authorities explore the passageway, 592 00:26:51,583 --> 00:26:53,124 they're amazed. 593 00:26:53,125 --> 00:26:56,166 It's a masterpiece of structural engineering. 594 00:26:56,167 --> 00:26:57,874 - [Lis] They look at the shower stall 595 00:26:57,875 --> 00:27:02,041 and they see a tunnel that's been dug underneath the stall. 596 00:27:02,042 --> 00:27:05,624 There are thousands of fluorescent light bulbs 597 00:27:05,625 --> 00:27:09,207 and thousands of feet of PVC piping 598 00:27:09,208 --> 00:27:12,874 that are piping in compressed air into the tunnel, 599 00:27:12,875 --> 00:27:17,207 which is mile long and about 30 feet deep. 600 00:27:17,208 --> 00:27:19,874 - [Nick] It's a hole that is just barely big enough 601 00:27:19,875 --> 00:27:21,832 for El Chapo to squeeze through. 602 00:27:21,833 --> 00:27:23,582 And underneath that waiting for him 603 00:27:23,583 --> 00:27:26,249 on the other side was a motorcycle on a track 604 00:27:26,250 --> 00:27:29,000 that was designed by engineers that whisked him away. 605 00:27:29,667 --> 00:27:33,082 - [Lis] The whole thing is run by an industrial generator 606 00:27:33,083 --> 00:27:36,707 and the tunnel comes up under an abandoned property 607 00:27:36,708 --> 00:27:39,582 about a mile from the prison. 608 00:27:39,583 --> 00:27:41,041 - [Nick] And at this point, it's believed 609 00:27:41,042 --> 00:27:44,417 that El Chapo was at least an hour ahead of officials. 610 00:27:45,958 --> 00:27:48,916 - [Laurence] Only later does law enforcement piece together 611 00:27:48,917 --> 00:27:51,166 how El Chapo pulled it off. 612 00:27:51,167 --> 00:27:53,791 - [Lis] After El Chapo was incarcerated, 613 00:27:53,792 --> 00:27:55,707 a couple of gentlemen came and bought 614 00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:58,249 this abandoned piece of property for a lot of money 615 00:27:58,250 --> 00:28:00,957 and said they wanted to build a factory there. 616 00:28:00,958 --> 00:28:02,417 - [Michale] Over the process of a year, 617 00:28:02,542 --> 00:28:05,249 the construction company is putting this building together, 618 00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:07,082 which no one is paying attention to, 619 00:28:07,083 --> 00:28:09,082 even though it's just a mile away 620 00:28:09,083 --> 00:28:11,124 from a maximum security prison 621 00:28:11,125 --> 00:28:13,666 housing the world's most wanted man. 622 00:28:13,667 --> 00:28:16,041 They bring in excavation equipment. 623 00:28:16,042 --> 00:28:20,374 They move tons of earth and no one's the wiser. 624 00:28:20,375 --> 00:28:21,999 [dramatic music] 625 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,874 - [Lis] Officials estimate that it took 626 00:28:23,875 --> 00:28:26,791 about 350 truckloads of sand 627 00:28:26,792 --> 00:28:28,957 and about $5 million, 628 00:28:28,958 --> 00:28:31,249 plus whatever bribes had to be paid. 629 00:28:31,250 --> 00:28:32,874 And it took about a year for them 630 00:28:32,875 --> 00:28:37,041 to build this tunnel directly under his shower stall. 631 00:28:37,042 --> 00:28:39,457 - [Mike] Law enforcement was blown away 632 00:28:39,458 --> 00:28:44,374 that a tunnel be constructed 30 feet down with the accuracy 633 00:28:44,375 --> 00:28:47,249 to come up in the one location 634 00:28:47,250 --> 00:28:49,332 where a camera couldn't see El Chapo 635 00:28:49,333 --> 00:28:52,124 inside of his jail cell. 636 00:28:52,125 --> 00:28:53,624 [dramatic music] 637 00:28:53,625 --> 00:28:57,249 - [Laurence] It seems impossible until El Chapo's family 638 00:28:57,250 --> 00:29:00,791 proudly reveals how they helped him escape. 639 00:29:00,792 --> 00:29:02,707 - [Michael] El Chapo's wife came to visit him 640 00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:04,707 and brought him a very special watch, 641 00:29:04,708 --> 00:29:07,374 which had a GPS locator. 642 00:29:07,375 --> 00:29:12,082 So the engineers were able to identify the exact location 643 00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:14,916 where the toilet was and the wall. 644 00:29:14,917 --> 00:29:20,000 And the tunnel came up precisely on that point. 645 00:29:20,542 --> 00:29:22,082 [dramatic music] 646 00:29:22,083 --> 00:29:23,207 - [Laurence] El Chapo's escape is front page news. 647 00:29:23,208 --> 00:29:25,999 And now, without that blackberry signal, 648 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,707 authorities don't have the slightest idea 649 00:29:28,708 --> 00:29:31,541 where to find their fugitive next. 650 00:29:31,542 --> 00:29:33,874 - [Lis] The National Security Agency gets involved 651 00:29:33,875 --> 00:29:35,791 with the Mexican law enforcement 652 00:29:35,792 --> 00:29:37,791 and they scour the countryside. 653 00:29:37,792 --> 00:29:39,207 They look through ranches. 654 00:29:39,208 --> 00:29:40,582 They look through government buildings. 655 00:29:40,583 --> 00:29:41,416 They go into churches. 656 00:29:41,417 --> 00:29:42,707 They go in everywhere. 657 00:29:42,708 --> 00:29:45,207 But no one is giving up El Chapo. 658 00:29:45,208 --> 00:29:48,207 - [Michael] El Chapo has pulled off the greatest Houdini Act yet 659 00:29:48,208 --> 00:29:50,666 and escaped from a maximum security prison 660 00:29:50,667 --> 00:29:53,374 and no one knows where he's at. 661 00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:56,957 Now, there's a $5 million award for any information leading 662 00:29:56,958 --> 00:29:58,875 to the location and arrest of El Chapo. 663 00:30:03,208 --> 00:30:04,582 [dramatic music] 664 00:30:04,583 --> 00:30:06,457 - [Laurence] September, 2015, El Chapo has been back 665 00:30:06,458 --> 00:30:08,207 on the loose for two months, 666 00:30:08,208 --> 00:30:10,832 but with so many agents looking for him 667 00:30:10,833 --> 00:30:13,082 and reading cartel phone messages, 668 00:30:13,083 --> 00:30:16,041 it isn't long before he's tracked down again. 669 00:30:16,042 --> 00:30:19,332 This time, the drug lord avoids busy towns 670 00:30:19,333 --> 00:30:22,707 and retreats into the remote Sierra Madre mountains 671 00:30:22,708 --> 00:30:25,166 surrounded by his heavily armed soldiers 672 00:30:25,167 --> 00:30:27,916 and lots of places to hide. 673 00:30:27,917 --> 00:30:31,082 - [Nathan] A coalition of American DEA, NSA 674 00:30:31,083 --> 00:30:33,582 and Mexican SEMAR Marines, 675 00:30:33,583 --> 00:30:36,541 get GPS data on one 676 00:30:36,542 --> 00:30:40,249 of Chapo's Guzman's lieutenant's cell phones 677 00:30:40,250 --> 00:30:42,124 and they think they know where he is 678 00:30:42,125 --> 00:30:44,707 and they set out to go get him. 679 00:30:44,708 --> 00:30:46,041 - [Alejandra] Cosala is a small village 680 00:30:46,042 --> 00:30:49,291 in the mountains of Sinaloa, 7,000 people, 681 00:30:49,292 --> 00:30:53,166 and it's a region known for growing a lot of marijuana. 682 00:30:53,167 --> 00:30:55,874 And at some point, law enforcement pinpoints 683 00:30:55,875 --> 00:30:57,166 where he is in the mountains 684 00:30:57,167 --> 00:31:00,666 and start closing in on his whereabouts. 685 00:31:00,667 --> 00:31:03,375 [dramatic music] 686 00:31:05,625 --> 00:31:06,832 - [Aldona] The authorities think 687 00:31:06,833 --> 00:31:07,916 that this will be a perfect place 688 00:31:07,917 --> 00:31:09,207 to actually catch him, 689 00:31:09,208 --> 00:31:11,791 because if they zoom in on the Jeeps 690 00:31:11,792 --> 00:31:15,791 and the helicopters, and if they seal off the whole area, 691 00:31:15,792 --> 00:31:18,417 El Chapo won't have anywhere to run. 692 00:31:19,375 --> 00:31:22,332 - [Laurence] But at the last minute, agents infiltrate texts 693 00:31:22,333 --> 00:31:27,041 between El Chapo and his men that leave them dumbfounded. 694 00:31:27,042 --> 00:31:29,416 El Chapo isn't in hiding at all. 695 00:31:29,417 --> 00:31:32,207 He's hobnobbing with celebrities. 696 00:31:32,208 --> 00:31:35,791 - [Aldona] It turns out that just as the authorities are going 697 00:31:35,792 --> 00:31:37,957 to raid the village, 698 00:31:37,958 --> 00:31:41,082 El Chapo is meeting with two famous film stars, 699 00:31:41,083 --> 00:31:43,374 one from the US, Sean Penn, 700 00:31:43,375 --> 00:31:46,916 and another one from Mexico, Kate del Castillo, 701 00:31:46,917 --> 00:31:49,166 who wrote in her social media 702 00:31:49,167 --> 00:31:51,707 that she actually believes in Chapo Guzman 703 00:31:51,708 --> 00:31:54,792 more than in the governments that are hiding the truth. 704 00:31:55,208 --> 00:31:57,458 This really flattered El Chapo. 705 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,207 - [Alejandra] Kate del Castillo had played 706 00:32:00,208 --> 00:32:02,207 an important female drag kingpin 707 00:32:02,208 --> 00:32:05,416 in a popular TV show called "La Reina del Sur." 708 00:32:05,417 --> 00:32:07,874 And one can assume that Chapo had watched this show 709 00:32:07,875 --> 00:32:10,124 and he had this affinity for the actress. 710 00:32:10,125 --> 00:32:11,541 So they get in touch 711 00:32:11,542 --> 00:32:15,041 and he actually invites her to go meet him. 712 00:32:15,042 --> 00:32:16,916 He's meant to keep a very low profile 713 00:32:16,917 --> 00:32:18,207 so people cannot find him. 714 00:32:18,208 --> 00:32:20,874 And the less people that know where he is, 715 00:32:20,875 --> 00:32:24,041 the better his chances to not be caught again. 716 00:32:24,042 --> 00:32:27,082 - [Nathan] El Chapo is out in the wind at this point, 717 00:32:27,083 --> 00:32:29,167 but he's getting a little arrogant. 718 00:32:30,375 --> 00:32:32,374 - [Laurence] Apparently, the drug lord wants 719 00:32:32,375 --> 00:32:35,541 to make a film about his life and great escapes. 720 00:32:35,542 --> 00:32:38,749 He entrusts Del Castillo to make it happen. 721 00:32:38,750 --> 00:32:40,041 - [Mike] It's crazy. 722 00:32:40,042 --> 00:32:42,041 Everybody in the world is looking for this guy 723 00:32:42,042 --> 00:32:44,166 and he's planning on making a big budget 724 00:32:44,167 --> 00:32:45,707 movie about himself. 725 00:32:45,708 --> 00:32:48,041 - [Alejandra] El Chapo had already looked into 726 00:32:48,042 --> 00:32:49,374 having a movie made of his story 727 00:32:49,375 --> 00:32:51,374 and his life and his feats. 728 00:32:51,375 --> 00:32:53,582 He had been working with a Colombian producer, 729 00:32:53,583 --> 00:32:55,207 but the Colombian producer wanted to keep 730 00:32:55,208 --> 00:32:57,082 35% of the profits 731 00:32:57,083 --> 00:32:58,500 and El Chapo didn't like that. 732 00:32:58,667 --> 00:33:02,333 So the Colombian producer and the script ended up vanishing. 733 00:33:03,875 --> 00:33:06,666 - [Nathan] El Chapo wants Kate del Castillo 734 00:33:06,667 --> 00:33:08,000 to produce the movie 735 00:33:08,125 --> 00:33:11,249 and she wants to bring Sean Penn on as a producer, 736 00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:13,999 'cause it'll help give credibility to the project. 737 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,791 Sean Penn is also coming with the idea of writing an article 738 00:33:17,792 --> 00:33:20,749 for Rolling Stone about Chapo. 739 00:33:20,750 --> 00:33:23,707 - [Mike] Sean Penn and Del Castillo traveled 740 00:33:23,708 --> 00:33:28,374 to meet El Chapo in this remote location in the hills. 741 00:33:28,375 --> 00:33:32,707 They end up taking two separate small aircraft plane rides 742 00:33:32,708 --> 00:33:37,624 and seven hours in an SUV along a bumpy road. 743 00:33:37,625 --> 00:33:40,749 And he enters the scene like he's royalty, 744 00:33:40,750 --> 00:33:44,166 wearing his silk shirt and his pressed pants. 745 00:33:44,167 --> 00:33:46,041 And for the next seven hours, 746 00:33:46,042 --> 00:33:47,707 he entertains the two of them, 747 00:33:47,708 --> 00:33:50,874 pouring them drinks and talking about his life 748 00:33:50,875 --> 00:33:52,916 and the movie that he wants made 749 00:33:52,917 --> 00:33:55,541 and how this would all come about. 750 00:33:55,542 --> 00:33:57,957 - [Aldona] After seven hours, he abruptly ends it. 751 00:33:57,958 --> 00:33:59,207 He says, I gotta go 752 00:33:59,208 --> 00:34:02,292 because I can't stay in one spot for too long. 753 00:34:03,542 --> 00:34:04,832 [dramatic music] 754 00:34:04,833 --> 00:34:07,041 - [Laurence] It's a smart move on El Chapo's part. 755 00:34:07,042 --> 00:34:08,916 Mexican authorities have been tracking 756 00:34:08,917 --> 00:34:11,957 Penn and Del Castillo from the moment they touched down 757 00:34:11,958 --> 00:34:16,916 at Guadalajara Airport, and they're ready to pounce. 758 00:34:16,917 --> 00:34:20,082 - [Mike] The Mexican government wants to arrest El Chapo, 759 00:34:20,083 --> 00:34:22,957 but politicians on the outside are starting 760 00:34:22,958 --> 00:34:25,291 to influence what's going on by saying, 761 00:34:25,292 --> 00:34:30,041 we cannot risk having these well-known actors injured 762 00:34:30,042 --> 00:34:33,207 in the course of this investigation. 763 00:34:33,208 --> 00:34:34,541 So you need to back off 764 00:34:34,542 --> 00:34:36,874 and let them get completely out of the way 765 00:34:36,875 --> 00:34:39,874 and risk losing El Chapo. 766 00:34:39,875 --> 00:34:42,082 - [Aldona] The Mexican authorities on the other hand 767 00:34:42,083 --> 00:34:44,249 say, no, we should go. 768 00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:45,832 We should start the raid. 769 00:34:45,833 --> 00:34:49,124 And there is a disagreement between the two governments. 770 00:34:49,125 --> 00:34:51,207 - [Mike] And as this debate is raging on, 771 00:34:51,208 --> 00:34:53,499 the violent storm came into the area 772 00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:56,374 that essentially grounded any aircraft 773 00:34:56,375 --> 00:35:00,166 and it made going on the ocean absolutely impossible. 774 00:35:00,167 --> 00:35:03,207 And so because of Mother Nature, 775 00:35:03,208 --> 00:35:05,832 this whole thing was put on hold. 776 00:35:05,833 --> 00:35:07,374 [dramatic music] 777 00:35:07,375 --> 00:35:09,707 - [Laurence] A few days later, after the storm passes 778 00:35:09,708 --> 00:35:14,207 and the actors go home, the coalition finally moves ahead. 779 00:35:14,208 --> 00:35:16,582 - [Aldona] By the time they actually reached a place 780 00:35:16,583 --> 00:35:19,749 while Chapo was with his hundred men, there's nobody left. 781 00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:22,249 The only thing they find is some medication, 782 00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:24,999 broken phones, and two-way radios. 783 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,500 El Chapo, yet again, vanished. 784 00:35:31,792 --> 00:35:32,916 [dramatic music] 785 00:35:32,917 --> 00:35:35,041 - [Laurence] December, 2015. 786 00:35:35,042 --> 00:35:37,541 By intercepting a series of messages 787 00:35:37,542 --> 00:35:39,124 between El Chapo and the actress Kate del Castillo, 788 00:35:39,125 --> 00:35:40,541 agents have tracked the kingpin 789 00:35:40,542 --> 00:35:43,374 to his hometown village of La Tuna, 790 00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:45,999 high in the Sierra Madre mountains, 791 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,541 but instigating a bloodbath here is too great a risk. 792 00:35:49,542 --> 00:35:53,666 So they wait until the drug lord takes a trip into town. 793 00:35:53,667 --> 00:35:56,332 - [Lis] Mexican intelligence at the NSA have discovered 794 00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:59,207 that he's building a beach house on the coast. 795 00:35:59,208 --> 00:36:02,250 That would be an ideal place for a takedown. 796 00:36:04,083 --> 00:36:06,207 - [Michael] The decision is made not to go into the mountains 797 00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:07,624 because it's too dangerous 798 00:36:07,625 --> 00:36:10,624 and too many opportunities for El Chapo to escape. 799 00:36:10,625 --> 00:36:13,416 So they try and force him out to an area closer 800 00:36:13,417 --> 00:36:17,624 to the beach house where they can affect a safer arrest. 801 00:36:17,625 --> 00:36:21,874 - [Lis] They do things like helicopter raids over La Tuna 802 00:36:21,875 --> 00:36:24,832 and they go to outposts where some of his gunmen are 803 00:36:24,833 --> 00:36:26,707 and shoot that all up. 804 00:36:26,708 --> 00:36:29,249 They get him to a point where he's thinking, 805 00:36:29,250 --> 00:36:31,249 I gotta get outta here 806 00:36:31,250 --> 00:36:35,124 because law enforcement is right at my heels. 807 00:36:35,125 --> 00:36:37,499 All of these attempts seem to do the trick. 808 00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:40,082 He leaves his house in La Tuna 809 00:36:40,083 --> 00:36:42,124 and goes to his house on the beach. 810 00:36:42,125 --> 00:36:44,374 [dramatic music] 811 00:36:44,375 --> 00:36:47,624 - [Aldona] When the authorities go to the house, 812 00:36:47,625 --> 00:36:49,457 they don't see anything unusual, 813 00:36:49,458 --> 00:36:52,582 but the house is a white building, 814 00:36:52,583 --> 00:36:56,374 two stories, and it has a gated garage 815 00:36:56,375 --> 00:36:59,457 and a large tree sort of blocking the front of it. 816 00:36:59,458 --> 00:37:02,832 And then on January 7th, 2016, 817 00:37:02,833 --> 00:37:05,999 they see El Chapo sneaking into the house 818 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,291 in the middle of the night. 819 00:37:07,292 --> 00:37:10,541 So by 4:30 AM, they decide to raid the place. 820 00:37:10,542 --> 00:37:12,166 [loud explosions] [rapid gunfire] 821 00:37:12,167 --> 00:37:15,166 - [Lis] They go in grenades, guns, 822 00:37:15,167 --> 00:37:18,416 everything blasting full force. 823 00:37:18,417 --> 00:37:21,832 Five members of El Chapo's cartel are killed. 824 00:37:21,833 --> 00:37:23,374 Six more are wounded. 825 00:37:23,375 --> 00:37:24,874 - [Michael] After they enter the residence, 826 00:37:24,875 --> 00:37:26,582 the search is made of the beach house, 827 00:37:26,583 --> 00:37:29,458 but El Chapo is gone yet again. 828 00:37:30,458 --> 00:37:32,791 - [Nathan] This time, El Chapo had two tunnels 829 00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:34,541 to throw off agents following him. 830 00:37:34,542 --> 00:37:36,374 One was under the refrigerator. 831 00:37:36,375 --> 00:37:39,332 And that one was quickly revealed to be a dead end, 832 00:37:39,333 --> 00:37:41,332 but there was another one in the closet 833 00:37:41,333 --> 00:37:43,541 of the master bedroom behind a mirror, 834 00:37:43,542 --> 00:37:46,917 that was the real tunnel that Chapo used to escape. 835 00:37:48,917 --> 00:37:51,499 - [Laurence] A hidden switch activates a trap door 836 00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:54,541 that leads into the city's underground sewer system. 837 00:37:54,542 --> 00:37:56,499 - [Lis] El Chapo and one of his lieutenants have 838 00:37:56,500 --> 00:37:59,624 about a 20 minute lead on law enforcement, 839 00:37:59,625 --> 00:38:02,166 but the sewer is about half full with rain 840 00:38:02,167 --> 00:38:06,207 and putrid human sewage, and it's only getting worse. 841 00:38:06,208 --> 00:38:08,332 - [Nathan] So the tunnel is filling up 842 00:38:08,333 --> 00:38:10,041 and they're having to move through it 843 00:38:10,042 --> 00:38:11,457 as far as they can get. 844 00:38:11,458 --> 00:38:13,082 They get to a manhole cover 845 00:38:13,083 --> 00:38:15,666 and it's so heavy that it takes 'em several minutes 846 00:38:15,667 --> 00:38:16,916 to be able to try to open it up. 847 00:38:16,917 --> 00:38:19,082 And ultimately, they end up having to wedge one 848 00:38:19,083 --> 00:38:21,457 of their shoes in to keep it open. 849 00:38:21,458 --> 00:38:22,874 [dramatic music] 850 00:38:22,875 --> 00:38:25,416 - [Laurence] At 8:55 AM, surveillance footage 851 00:38:25,417 --> 00:38:27,541 shows the two men emerging 852 00:38:27,542 --> 00:38:30,207 from the sewer wet and covered in muck. 853 00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:32,832 - [Nathan] This time El Chapo and his top lieutenant 854 00:38:32,833 --> 00:38:34,041 have no support. 855 00:38:34,042 --> 00:38:35,374 They're all alone. 856 00:38:35,375 --> 00:38:36,874 So they come outta the manhole cover 857 00:38:36,875 --> 00:38:39,666 and they hijack the first vehicle that they can find, 858 00:38:39,667 --> 00:38:41,832 but it breaks down almost immediately. 859 00:38:41,833 --> 00:38:43,583 So they hijack a second vehicle. 860 00:38:44,917 --> 00:38:47,916 And it's got a woman in it with her five-year-old grandson. 861 00:38:47,917 --> 00:38:48,957 And she's terrified. 862 00:38:48,958 --> 00:38:51,374 They steal that vehicle, kick them out, 863 00:38:51,375 --> 00:38:53,207 and they start to make their escape. 864 00:38:53,208 --> 00:38:54,999 The woman immediately reports it. 865 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,041 And law enforcement set up checkpoints 866 00:38:57,042 --> 00:39:00,125 all over the city trying to find El Chapo. 867 00:39:01,042 --> 00:39:02,874 - [Nick] Hours pass, and at 10:00 PM, 868 00:39:02,875 --> 00:39:05,332 they finally pull over El Chapo 869 00:39:05,333 --> 00:39:08,499 and it's at this point he tries to again use his influence 870 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:10,207 and buy his way out of this situation. 871 00:39:10,208 --> 00:39:13,999 He offers cash, he offers property, he offers houses. 872 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,541 None of it works. 873 00:39:15,542 --> 00:39:17,249 He then threatens to kill the officers, 874 00:39:17,250 --> 00:39:18,666 but they stand their ground. 875 00:39:18,667 --> 00:39:21,125 And so he says, you're all going to die. 876 00:39:22,625 --> 00:39:25,999 - [Lis] El Chapo says, "My guys are coming to get me. 877 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,541 You better let me go." 878 00:39:27,542 --> 00:39:29,957 So it's a race to see who gets there first, 879 00:39:29,958 --> 00:39:34,041 El Chapo's henchman or the Mexican law enforcement. 880 00:39:34,042 --> 00:39:37,832 - [Nathan] This time the Marines, they get to El Chapo first 881 00:39:37,833 --> 00:39:41,207 and that backup squad of assassins that was on the way, 882 00:39:41,208 --> 00:39:44,291 they may be sensing that the Marines are already there 883 00:39:44,292 --> 00:39:45,500 and they never arrive. 884 00:39:46,958 --> 00:39:49,667 [dramatic music] 885 00:39:50,792 --> 00:39:52,374 - [Laurence] After his capture, 886 00:39:52,375 --> 00:39:55,041 El Chapo is taken to a prison in Juarez, 887 00:39:55,042 --> 00:39:56,666 near the US border. 888 00:39:56,667 --> 00:39:58,707 In January, 2017, 889 00:39:58,708 --> 00:40:01,041 he's extradited to the United States 890 00:40:01,042 --> 00:40:05,499 and held in solitary confinement in a Manhattan jail. 891 00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:07,832 - [Lis] Later, in 2019, 892 00:40:07,833 --> 00:40:10,999 he's found guilty in a very highly publicized trial 893 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,582 of drug trafficking, money laundering, 894 00:40:13,583 --> 00:40:15,207 ordering assassinations. 895 00:40:15,208 --> 00:40:19,499 And he is given 30 years plus life as a sentence 896 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:22,792 and ordered to forfeit $12.6 billion. 897 00:40:24,333 --> 00:40:25,833 - [Nathan] El Chapo is by far one 898 00:40:25,958 --> 00:40:29,332 of the biggest mythical figures in Mexican drug trafficking. 899 00:40:29,333 --> 00:40:32,207 And it looks like his son may be forming an alliance 900 00:40:32,208 --> 00:40:33,666 with some of his old rivals. 901 00:40:33,667 --> 00:40:35,499 So it's gonna be really interesting to see 902 00:40:35,500 --> 00:40:36,874 how this all plays out 903 00:40:36,875 --> 00:40:38,332 and whether or not we can really still talk 904 00:40:38,333 --> 00:40:39,832 about the Sinaloa Cartel 905 00:40:39,833 --> 00:40:43,999 as a coherent entity without El Chapo. 906 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:44,874 [dramatic music] 907 00:40:44,875 --> 00:40:47,082 - [Laurence] Today, El Chapo is held 908 00:40:47,083 --> 00:40:49,874 at ADX Florence in Colorado, 909 00:40:49,875 --> 00:40:53,707 the most secure federal prison in the United States. 910 00:40:53,708 --> 00:40:58,416 He is confined to a tiny cell 23 hours a day. 911 00:40:58,417 --> 00:41:00,416 His empire has fractured 912 00:41:00,417 --> 00:41:02,541 and dozens of cartel leaders have been 913 00:41:02,542 --> 00:41:04,541 arrested in the years since. 914 00:41:04,542 --> 00:41:07,832 But as of 2024, it's estimated 915 00:41:07,833 --> 00:41:11,791 that at least 80,000 people have died in Mexico as a result 916 00:41:11,792 --> 00:41:14,707 of the seemingly endless drug wars 917 00:41:14,708 --> 00:41:17,707 that El Chapo helped start. 918 00:41:17,708 --> 00:41:22,624 Joaquin El Chapo Guzman may finally be behind bars, 919 00:41:22,625 --> 00:41:26,166 but the violent world he helped create lives on. 920 00:41:26,167 --> 00:41:27,874 I'm Laurence Fishburne. 921 00:41:27,875 --> 00:41:32,082 Thank you for watching this "Case Closed" episode 922 00:41:32,083 --> 00:41:34,667 of "History's Greatest Mysteries."