U.S. and Mexican authorities have redoubled efforts in capturing El Chapo by setting up a a tip line and email address to be used exclusively for his recapture.
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on Wednesday launched a hotline for individuals with information that may lead to the capture of escaped drug trafficker, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Rosenberg told reporters in Virginia Wednesday that he suspected Guzman was still in Mexico, where he would be supported and protected by his Sinaloa cartel.
A file handout picture released by the Attorney General of… “His escape poses a hazard to the security and safety of each our nations”.
The tip number is (844) 692-4101 for U.S. residents and 001-844-692-4101 outside the country.
However on July 11, Guzman escaped by way of an elaborate tunnel that had been dug beneath the bathe stall in his cell on the Altiplano federal jail close to Mexico Metropolis. Guzman previously escaped from prison in 2001 and was only recaptured past year.
Mexican authorities have announced a $3.8 million reward for Guzman, who is believed to have a net worth of about $1 billion.
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He was rearrested in 2014 in a Mazatlan hotel and sent back to prison to finish out his sentence. The Sinaloa Cartel bases its operations principally in the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Sonora, Durango and Baja California, although it also has representation in several other states throughout the Republic. The first U.S. indictment against Guzman-Loera was unsealed in San Diego on September 28, 1995, charging him and 22 members of his organization with conspiracy to import over eight tons of cocaine and money laundering. A request for his extradition was made two weeks before his escape, but has since been suspended by Mexican authorities.
