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             Mexico Mounts Massive Manhunt to Re-capture 'El Chapo'

   by VOA News

   Mexican troops were deployed Wednesday in the municipality of
   Badiraguato, including roads leading to "La Tuna," the birth place of
   drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman as part of an operation to
   re-capture him.

   Soldiers set up checkpoints in Badiraguato, stopping vehicles and
   reviewing drivers' licenses and registration.

   Mexican police are also engaged in a larger manhunt in the country,
   stepping up border security and shutting down an international airport,
   in addition to checkpoints.

   Four days after Guzman's escape from the Altiplano maximum security
   prison, about 90 kilometers west of Mexico City, some residents in his
   hometown were supportive of his escape.

   One resident, Karla Janeth, said "we do not mind that he escaped
   because he does not bother us. He is a hard-working man and it is okay
   with us that he escaped."

   Another resident who only gave her name as Maria, said "to be honest,
   we did not know that he escaped until now that I am hearing it."

   But she said that "people like him," and that "we love and respect
   him."

   Guzman managed to escape through a 1.5-kilometer tunnel (0.62 miles)
   connecting the shower of his cell to a half-built home in a rural area.

   Officials said the tunnel would have required noisy digging equipment
   and are investigating whether prison employees helped in the escape

   Newly-released security camera video showed the moment when Guzman
   escaped from the prison for the second time in 14 years. He was
   captured last year.

   The video showed Guzman crouching behind the partition wall in his cell
   before he disappeared.

   Prison officials said the partition walls were designed to give
   prisoners privacy while taking a shower.

   Guzman's escape is a major embarrassment for Mexican President Enrique
   Peña Nieto. His crowning achievement in Mexico's war on drug cartels
   and their elusive kingpins was the capture of Guzman, who had been on
   the run for 13 years after his earlier escape.
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