1 00:00:05,306 --> 00:00:06,972 [dramatic orchestral music] 2 00:00:07,074 --> 00:00:10,275 - This guy's a stone-cold killer. 3 00:00:10,378 --> 00:00:14,580 - He makes Pablo Escobar look like a choir boy in comparison. 4 00:00:14,682 --> 00:00:17,449 male narrator: He's been called "The Last Godfather." 5 00:00:17,551 --> 00:00:22,554 - He's the world's most powerful and vicious narco-trafficker. 6 00:00:22,656 --> 00:00:24,823 narrator: Billionaire. Drug lord. 7 00:00:24,925 --> 00:00:26,125 Master of escape. 8 00:00:26,227 --> 00:00:27,926 - He is like a cat. 9 00:00:28,029 --> 00:00:29,828 He has many lives. 10 00:00:29,930 --> 00:00:31,397 narrator: From the mountains of Mexico 11 00:00:31,499 --> 00:00:34,066 to cities all across the U.S.-- 12 00:00:34,168 --> 00:00:35,167 [gunshots fire] 13 00:00:35,269 --> 00:00:37,369 This is the amazing story 14 00:00:37,471 --> 00:00:40,305 of the world's most notorious narco, 15 00:00:40,408 --> 00:00:44,476 called by many "public enemy number one." 16 00:00:44,578 --> 00:00:46,812 Joaquin Guzman Loera. 17 00:00:46,914 --> 00:00:47,946 "El Chapo." 18 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:52,117 [intense electronic music] 19 00:00:55,689 --> 00:00:56,588 [lighter flicks] 20 00:00:56,690 --> 00:00:57,923 [orchestral drone music] 21 00:00:58,025 --> 00:01:00,726 If you've ever smoked a joint, 22 00:01:00,828 --> 00:01:04,163 if you've ever had anyone offer you drugs at a party, 23 00:01:04,265 --> 00:01:07,332 odds are you're more connected to El Chapo 24 00:01:07,435 --> 00:01:08,634 than you ever realized. 25 00:01:08,736 --> 00:01:10,302 ¶ ¶ 26 00:01:10,404 --> 00:01:13,105 From small-town America to the major urban centers, 27 00:01:13,207 --> 00:01:16,809 Chapo's Sinaloa cartel distributes most of the drugs 28 00:01:16,911 --> 00:01:18,243 brought into the United States. 29 00:01:18,345 --> 00:01:21,680 - He is probably responsible for 70% to 80% 30 00:01:21,782 --> 00:01:23,949 of all the illegal drugs that we see, 31 00:01:24,051 --> 00:01:26,285 certainly in the Midwest, and around the country. 32 00:01:26,387 --> 00:01:27,786 ¶ ¶ 33 00:01:27,888 --> 00:01:30,556 [dramatic rock music] 34 00:01:30,658 --> 00:01:33,325 narrator: But after four decades in the business, 35 00:01:33,427 --> 00:01:35,727 El Chapo's more than just a drug smuggler. 36 00:01:35,830 --> 00:01:36,995 - He is a folk hero. 37 00:01:37,098 --> 00:01:39,231 He's created this mystique 38 00:01:39,333 --> 00:01:42,301 that people are just mesmerized with. 39 00:01:42,403 --> 00:01:47,106 - Chapo Guzman is like a major criminal CEO. 40 00:01:47,208 --> 00:01:51,009 On one side he's like a paramilitary leader, 41 00:01:51,112 --> 00:01:53,812 and on the other he becomes like a rock star. 42 00:01:53,914 --> 00:01:58,183 - Here's a man who's worth over $1 billion. 43 00:01:58,285 --> 00:02:00,819 He's got a beauty-queen wife 44 00:02:00,921 --> 00:02:03,922 who's 32 years younger than he is. 45 00:02:04,024 --> 00:02:07,759 - Women get the likeness of El Chapo Guzman 46 00:02:07,862 --> 00:02:09,695 painted on their nails. 47 00:02:09,797 --> 00:02:13,665 Young men get tattoos of El Chapo Guzman. 48 00:02:13,767 --> 00:02:16,735 - Sometimes it can be hard to see where the reality starts 49 00:02:16,837 --> 00:02:18,170 and the myth stops. 50 00:02:18,272 --> 00:02:19,705 [gunshots firing] 51 00:02:19,807 --> 00:02:22,508 We're never gonna know exactly how many people 52 00:02:22,610 --> 00:02:24,243 were killed in his name, 53 00:02:24,345 --> 00:02:27,479 but his legend has grown and surpassed 54 00:02:27,581 --> 00:02:29,815 that of all the other traffickers. 55 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:34,753 [eerie chamber music] 56 00:02:34,855 --> 00:02:37,356 narrator: So how did a poor fruit seller 57 00:02:37,458 --> 00:02:39,324 with a third-grade education 58 00:02:39,426 --> 00:02:41,660 become a legend? 59 00:02:41,762 --> 00:02:43,595 ¶ ¶ 60 00:02:43,697 --> 00:02:45,164 For many Americans, 61 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:48,267 his story starts with a vanishing act. 62 00:02:49,303 --> 00:02:51,770 July 2015. 63 00:02:51,872 --> 00:02:53,372 Altiplano. 64 00:02:53,474 --> 00:02:55,741 Mexico's supermax prison. 65 00:02:55,843 --> 00:03:00,779 - It's the most maximum-secure penitentiary in Mexico. 66 00:03:00,881 --> 00:03:02,614 narrator: It's just before 9:00 p.m., 67 00:03:02,716 --> 00:03:06,051 and Joaquin Guzman Loera, El Chapo, 68 00:03:06,153 --> 00:03:09,288 paces under the surveillance cameras in his cell. 69 00:03:09,390 --> 00:03:12,057 - Chapo Guzman was the highest-risk prisoner 70 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:13,926 that they had there. 71 00:03:14,028 --> 00:03:16,061 narrator: The TV blares. 72 00:03:16,163 --> 00:03:18,897 The prison guards seem distracted. 73 00:03:18,999 --> 00:03:22,067 [indistinct prison chatter] 74 00:03:22,169 --> 00:03:24,903 And suddenly, he's gone. 75 00:03:25,005 --> 00:03:26,605 ¶ ¶ 76 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:28,607 25 minutes later, 77 00:03:28,709 --> 00:03:30,609 guards find an empty cell. 78 00:03:30,711 --> 00:03:33,679 [men speaking Spanish] 79 00:03:37,184 --> 00:03:39,518 narrator: All that's left is a hole. 80 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:41,787 20 inches square. 81 00:03:41,889 --> 00:03:43,655 Some 30 feet below, 82 00:03:43,757 --> 00:03:45,757 a modified motorcycle on rails 83 00:03:45,859 --> 00:03:47,993 awaits as a getaway 84 00:03:48,095 --> 00:03:50,529 through a tunnel almost one mile long. 85 00:03:50,631 --> 00:03:52,064 - He's been called the most dangerous 86 00:03:52,166 --> 00:03:53,732 cartel leader in the world, 87 00:03:53,834 --> 00:03:57,102 and he just staged a spectacular escape from prison. 88 00:03:57,204 --> 00:03:59,705 - This is the first time I've heard in modern day 89 00:03:59,807 --> 00:04:01,206 that somebody literally tunneled 90 00:04:01,308 --> 00:04:03,575 through dirt to escape from prison. 91 00:04:03,677 --> 00:04:06,311 - What's most impressive is how well this tunnel is built. 92 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:07,613 There are steel beams. 93 00:04:07,715 --> 00:04:09,481 There's wood. Electricity. 94 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:13,418 This is a generator to run all the lights, we're told. 95 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:14,753 narrator: As for Chapo, 96 00:04:14,855 --> 00:04:17,189 he's long gone. 97 00:04:17,291 --> 00:04:20,859 ¶ ¶ 98 00:04:20,961 --> 00:04:22,594 [intense orchestral music] 99 00:04:22,696 --> 00:04:24,596 Mexico is stunned. 100 00:04:24,698 --> 00:04:28,567 It's the most brazen prison break in the country's history, 101 00:04:28,669 --> 00:04:30,335 embarrassing a police force, 102 00:04:30,437 --> 00:04:32,004 a government, 103 00:04:32,106 --> 00:04:33,605 an entire nation. 104 00:04:33,707 --> 00:04:35,374 - It's extremely frustrating. 105 00:04:35,476 --> 00:04:36,908 You know, this is a blow to the good guys 106 00:04:37,011 --> 00:04:38,510 on both sides of the border. 107 00:04:38,612 --> 00:04:41,580 - [speaking Spanish] 108 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,154 - The Mexican government seemed incapable of keeping 109 00:04:49,256 --> 00:04:51,490 the most high-profile criminal 110 00:04:51,592 --> 00:04:54,459 in the nation behind bars. 111 00:04:54,561 --> 00:04:56,995 That really shook the government. 112 00:04:57,097 --> 00:04:58,330 ¶ ¶ 113 00:04:58,432 --> 00:04:59,631 [upbeat ranchera music] 114 00:04:59,733 --> 00:05:01,166 narrator: Soon, ballads about El Chapo 115 00:05:01,268 --> 00:05:02,234 hit the airwaves, 116 00:05:02,336 --> 00:05:04,102 from Mexico to the U.S. 117 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:07,105 [men singing in Spanish] 118 00:05:07,207 --> 00:05:10,642 ¶ ¶ 119 00:05:10,744 --> 00:05:14,079 narrator: And a national figure becomes an international icon 120 00:05:14,181 --> 00:05:16,014 as the legend of the narco Houdini 121 00:05:16,116 --> 00:05:18,183 explodes into the media worldwide. 122 00:05:24,258 --> 00:05:28,894 - He's able to escape some of the most seriously hardened 123 00:05:28,996 --> 00:05:32,064 prisons in Mexico in these miraculous escapes. 124 00:05:32,166 --> 00:05:34,366 That is something mythical. 125 00:05:34,468 --> 00:05:35,934 all: Chapo! Chapo! 126 00:05:36,036 --> 00:05:38,603 narrator: From Sonora to Southern California, 127 00:05:38,706 --> 00:05:40,839 El Chapo's brand goes global 128 00:05:40,941 --> 00:05:42,708 and businesses cash in. 129 00:05:42,810 --> 00:05:45,977 - [speaking Spanish] 130 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,212 - This one, this model here, 131 00:05:47,314 --> 00:05:49,014 is the one that is most popular. 132 00:05:49,116 --> 00:05:50,882 It's selling a lot. A lot. 133 00:05:50,984 --> 00:05:53,952 - [speaking Spanish] 134 00:06:01,028 --> 00:06:03,395 narrator: On July 12th, 2015, 135 00:06:03,497 --> 00:06:04,930 a search begins. 136 00:06:05,032 --> 00:06:06,498 An international manhunt 137 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:11,136 led by Mexican, U.S., even Colombian forces. 138 00:06:11,238 --> 00:06:13,105 - As a former U.S. Drug Enforcement official 139 00:06:13,207 --> 00:06:14,373 put it bluntly today, 140 00:06:14,475 --> 00:06:17,142 "If Guzman isn't caught within 48 hours, 141 00:06:17,244 --> 00:06:19,111 we may never find him again." 142 00:06:19,213 --> 00:06:20,946 female reporter: Flights have been suspended 143 00:06:21,048 --> 00:06:24,716 at local airports about 50 miles west of Mexico City. 144 00:06:24,818 --> 00:06:27,786 - The U.S. Government will act swiftly. 145 00:06:27,888 --> 00:06:30,122 - The guy needs to be behind bars. 146 00:06:30,224 --> 00:06:31,857 [dramatic electronic music] 147 00:06:31,959 --> 00:06:33,592 narrator: Suspects in Chapo's escape 148 00:06:33,694 --> 00:06:36,828 are rounded up and pressed for intel. 149 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:39,898 - [speaking Spanish] 150 00:06:45,172 --> 00:06:47,639 narrator: With a $5 million reward, 151 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:49,141 Chapo sightings run wild. 152 00:06:50,344 --> 00:06:51,610 - Chapo was like Elvis. 153 00:06:51,712 --> 00:06:53,512 People were seeing him everywhere. 154 00:06:55,315 --> 00:06:58,150 narrator: A multi-national team of law enforcement officials 155 00:06:58,252 --> 00:07:00,419 works to track him down. 156 00:07:00,521 --> 00:07:02,487 - Within three weeks, 157 00:07:02,589 --> 00:07:04,356 the Mexican marines 158 00:07:04,458 --> 00:07:06,558 were listening to his communications. 159 00:07:06,660 --> 00:07:10,162 - The Mexican government started to do wire intercepts 160 00:07:10,264 --> 00:07:12,564 on his attorneys, on family members, 161 00:07:12,666 --> 00:07:15,534 getting bits and pieces of information. 162 00:07:15,636 --> 00:07:18,970 narrator: That information leads them to one region: 163 00:07:19,072 --> 00:07:21,339 El Chapo's Mexican homeland, 164 00:07:21,442 --> 00:07:23,442 the so-called "Golden Triangle" 165 00:07:23,544 --> 00:07:25,744 in the mountains of Sinaloa. 166 00:07:25,846 --> 00:07:26,812 ¶ ¶ 167 00:07:28,282 --> 00:07:30,449 - He was up in that mountainous region, 168 00:07:30,551 --> 00:07:32,951 which is highly rugged. 169 00:07:33,053 --> 00:07:34,586 If you don't want to be found, 170 00:07:34,688 --> 00:07:36,655 you're never gonna be found. 171 00:07:37,858 --> 00:07:40,225 [intense electronic music] 172 00:07:40,327 --> 00:07:42,160 narrator: For nearly three months, 173 00:07:42,262 --> 00:07:44,863 thousands of law enforcement officials worldwide 174 00:07:44,965 --> 00:07:47,065 try to catch El Chapo Guzman 175 00:07:47,167 --> 00:07:49,434 with no luck. 176 00:07:49,536 --> 00:07:54,806 But then, the 61-year-old fugitive kingpin slips up. 177 00:07:54,908 --> 00:07:58,276 - Chapo made the ultimate mistake. 178 00:07:58,378 --> 00:08:02,547 He wanted to meet with Kate del Castillo, 179 00:08:02,649 --> 00:08:06,918 who played a female drug lord in "La Reina Del Sur," 180 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:08,520 "The Queen of the South," 181 00:08:08,622 --> 00:08:10,155 and he was enamored with her. 182 00:08:10,257 --> 00:08:12,891 The big weakness of Chapo Guzman 183 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:16,461 are beautiful women. 184 00:08:16,563 --> 00:08:18,830 narrator: In October 2015, 185 00:08:18,932 --> 00:08:21,566 El Chapo invites del Castillo 186 00:08:21,668 --> 00:08:23,268 and actor Sean Penn 187 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:26,404 to a secret meeting at a Sinaloa ranch, 188 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:30,642 and leaked pictures will soon cause a social media frenzy. 189 00:08:30,744 --> 00:08:32,177 - He agreed to meet with them 190 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:37,182 in order to create a movie about his life. 191 00:08:37,284 --> 00:08:41,887 He became very much interested in growing his legend. 192 00:08:41,989 --> 00:08:43,989 narrator: Photos obtained by "Rolling Stone" 193 00:08:44,091 --> 00:08:47,626 show the actors meeting with the fugitive drug lord. 194 00:08:47,728 --> 00:08:49,327 For the first time, 195 00:08:49,429 --> 00:08:52,697 Chapo grants an exclusive on-camera interview, 196 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:55,700 later released by "Rolling Stone" magazine. 197 00:08:55,802 --> 00:08:58,770 - [speaking Spanish] 198 00:09:02,876 --> 00:09:05,544 narrator: Meanwhile, the authorities on both sides 199 00:09:05,646 --> 00:09:08,313 of the border are listening in. 200 00:09:08,415 --> 00:09:13,184 - When Chapo Guzman gave a Blackberry cell phone 201 00:09:13,287 --> 00:09:14,986 to Kate del Castillo, 202 00:09:15,088 --> 00:09:17,022 the tracking really started. 203 00:09:17,124 --> 00:09:19,357 - The Mexican marines were getting closer and closer 204 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:21,760 all the time by monitoring, by eavesdropping 205 00:09:21,862 --> 00:09:24,729 and triangulating signals and communications. 206 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:25,797 - Well, if I was Chapo, 207 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:27,499 I'd be lookin' over my shoulder, 208 00:09:27,601 --> 00:09:28,667 because we're comin'. 209 00:09:28,769 --> 00:09:29,734 ¶ ¶ 210 00:09:31,071 --> 00:09:32,470 [intense music] 211 00:09:32,573 --> 00:09:34,172 narrator: Then, less than a week 212 00:09:34,274 --> 00:09:36,675 after the meeting with del Castillo and Penn, 213 00:09:36,777 --> 00:09:39,444 Mexican forces make their move. 214 00:09:39,546 --> 00:09:42,013 Following intercepted cell phone signals, 215 00:09:42,115 --> 00:09:46,318 they track El Chapo into the heart of the Golden Triangle. 216 00:09:46,420 --> 00:09:49,788 Residents say Black Hawk helicopters arrive... 217 00:09:49,890 --> 00:09:51,356 and open fire. 218 00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:54,426 - [speaking Spanish] 219 00:10:01,268 --> 00:10:04,569 - [speaking Spanish] 220 00:10:04,671 --> 00:10:08,673 narrator: 600 villagers have to leave their homes. 221 00:10:08,775 --> 00:10:11,843 Chapo himself is nowhere to be found. 222 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:14,913 - [speaking Spanish] 223 00:10:22,255 --> 00:10:24,055 [dramatic orchestral music] 224 00:10:24,157 --> 00:10:25,457 narrator: Soldiers sweep through 225 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:27,325 18 of his homes and properties 226 00:10:27,427 --> 00:10:28,893 and come up empty. 227 00:10:28,996 --> 00:10:30,295 - They got very close, 228 00:10:30,397 --> 00:10:33,698 but El Chapo Guzman, as he's incredibly good at, 229 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,435 escaped through a hidden passageway. 230 00:10:38,872 --> 00:10:40,405 male reporter: The search is expanding now 231 00:10:40,507 --> 00:10:44,075 for escaped drug kingpin El Chapo. 232 00:10:44,177 --> 00:10:46,778 narrator: Then, on October 9th, 2015, 233 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:48,279 he's spotted again 234 00:10:48,382 --> 00:10:51,116 near a remote village in Sinaloa. 235 00:10:51,218 --> 00:10:53,918 Black Hawks move quickly into the area, 236 00:10:54,021 --> 00:10:57,722 and soon, a sniper has Chapo in his crosshairs. 237 00:10:57,824 --> 00:10:59,658 - The Mexican marine was authorized 238 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:01,559 to kill Chapo Guzman. 239 00:11:01,662 --> 00:11:03,461 narrator: But there's one problem. 240 00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:05,363 He can't get a clean shot. 241 00:11:05,465 --> 00:11:09,367 - As El Chapo Guzman started to run down a mountain trail, 242 00:11:09,469 --> 00:11:12,404 he was carrying the small child of one of his cooks. 243 00:11:12,506 --> 00:11:16,775 Guzman held that little girl in front of him as a human shield. 244 00:11:16,877 --> 00:11:19,044 The Mexican marine radioed into his commander, 245 00:11:19,146 --> 00:11:20,578 who told him to stand down. 246 00:11:20,681 --> 00:11:23,181 The risk of hurting that little girl was too great. 247 00:11:23,283 --> 00:11:25,417 narrator: El Chapo makes a run for it, 248 00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:27,152 then loses his footing. 249 00:11:27,254 --> 00:11:31,489 - He toppled down a steep part of a trail 250 00:11:31,591 --> 00:11:33,291 and was evidently injured. 251 00:11:33,393 --> 00:11:35,493 narrator: But before the marines can grab him, 252 00:11:35,595 --> 00:11:39,397 Chapo's henchmen drag him off into the woods. 253 00:11:39,499 --> 00:11:42,467 Once again, El Chapo disappears. 254 00:11:44,171 --> 00:11:45,737 It will take another three months 255 00:11:45,839 --> 00:11:47,872 before his trackers get a new lead. 256 00:11:47,974 --> 00:11:49,708 [mellow guitar music] 257 00:11:49,810 --> 00:11:52,110 In January 2016, 258 00:11:52,212 --> 00:11:55,080 Mexican officers trail one of Chapo's men 259 00:11:55,182 --> 00:11:57,782 to the seaside town of Los Mochis. 260 00:11:57,884 --> 00:12:01,252 - The Mexican marines very carefully watched 261 00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:03,354 a particular house that was undergoing 262 00:12:03,457 --> 00:12:05,857 a great deal of construction. 263 00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:07,792 - And they intercept a phone call where 264 00:12:07,894 --> 00:12:10,929 they indicate the "tía," 265 00:12:11,031 --> 00:12:14,199 or the "aunt," is coming, 266 00:12:14,301 --> 00:12:18,403 and they believed that was code word for Chapo Guzman. 267 00:12:18,505 --> 00:12:21,139 narrator: On January 8th, the Mexican officials 268 00:12:21,241 --> 00:12:23,808 get a surprising tip-off. 269 00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:26,377 - They watched a white armored vehicle 270 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,980 travel to pick up a large taco order 271 00:12:29,082 --> 00:12:31,082 quite late, around midnight. 272 00:12:31,184 --> 00:12:34,552 At that point, they realized that it was El Chapo 273 00:12:34,654 --> 00:12:36,187 and one of his top lieutenants, 274 00:12:36,289 --> 00:12:38,022 and they were having a party in Los Mochis 275 00:12:38,125 --> 00:12:40,859 in this house that had been retrofitted. 276 00:12:40,961 --> 00:12:42,127 [intense bass music] 277 00:12:42,229 --> 00:12:43,828 narrator: At 4:30 a.m., 278 00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:46,131 all is dead quiet in the affluent neighborhood 279 00:12:46,233 --> 00:12:49,100 as an elite squad creeps into position. 280 00:12:49,202 --> 00:12:50,935 After a six-month hunt, 281 00:12:51,037 --> 00:12:53,772 Operation Black Swan is about to begin. 282 00:12:53,874 --> 00:12:55,406 ¶ ¶ 283 00:12:55,509 --> 00:12:58,510 17 special ops soldiers from the Mexican marines, 284 00:12:58,612 --> 00:13:01,446 packing assault rifles and helmet cams, 285 00:13:01,548 --> 00:13:02,614 approach the house. 286 00:13:02,716 --> 00:13:04,449 - [speaking Spanish] 287 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:07,185 narrator: But when El Chapo's men go on the offensive, 288 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:08,520 all hell breaks loose. 289 00:13:08,622 --> 00:13:11,589 [gunshots firing] 290 00:13:14,194 --> 00:13:16,161 [explosion booming] 291 00:13:24,036 --> 00:13:25,402 [dramatic orchestral music] 292 00:13:25,504 --> 00:13:27,938 narrator: January 2016. 293 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,308 El Chapo, the most wanted drug lord in America 294 00:13:31,410 --> 00:13:33,010 and the world, 295 00:13:33,112 --> 00:13:35,045 has been on the run since his dramatic escape 296 00:13:35,147 --> 00:13:37,348 from a maximum security prison. 297 00:13:37,416 --> 00:13:38,882 ¶ ¶ 298 00:13:38,951 --> 00:13:41,518 Now, after a nearly six month chase, 299 00:13:41,587 --> 00:13:45,289 an elite squad of Mexican marines is closing in on him 300 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:46,557 in the town of Los Mochis. 301 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,859 [men speaking Spanish] 302 00:13:48,961 --> 00:13:50,961 narrator: But they walk into a hail of bullets. 303 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:56,767 [gunshots firing] 304 00:13:57,870 --> 00:13:59,069 - There is shooting. 305 00:13:59,138 --> 00:14:00,971 All hell breaks loose. 306 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,107 [gunshots firing] 307 00:14:03,209 --> 00:14:05,776 There's automatic weapons fire, 308 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:08,912 and the screams and the agony and the blood... 309 00:14:11,484 --> 00:14:12,483 [explosion booming] 310 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:14,651 - They hit the Mexican marines 311 00:14:14,754 --> 00:14:15,953 with everything they had. 312 00:14:16,022 --> 00:14:18,589 [gunshots firing] 313 00:14:20,092 --> 00:14:23,660 - From AK-47s to M4s to hand grenades. 314 00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:36,473 narrator: The brutal gun battle will go on for nearly an hour. 315 00:14:36,575 --> 00:14:38,542 [gunshots firing] 316 00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:43,113 [speaking Spanish] 317 00:14:45,384 --> 00:14:47,751 [mellow ambient music] 318 00:14:47,853 --> 00:14:51,221 narrator: By 6:30 a.m., the shooting is over. 319 00:14:51,290 --> 00:14:54,158 Marines have locked down the safe house. 320 00:14:54,260 --> 00:14:56,193 - [speaking Spanish] 321 00:15:04,003 --> 00:15:07,538 ¶ ¶ 322 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,073 narrator: In the chaos, 323 00:15:09,175 --> 00:15:11,408 five cartel gunmen have been killed, 324 00:15:11,477 --> 00:15:12,976 six others arrested. 325 00:15:14,180 --> 00:15:16,013 Marines search the house, 326 00:15:16,115 --> 00:15:18,282 looking for the fugitive drug lord. 327 00:15:19,351 --> 00:15:21,418 They turn up an arsenal-- 328 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,956 19 guns, RPGs, armored cars. 329 00:15:26,058 --> 00:15:27,891 But El Chapo... 330 00:15:27,993 --> 00:15:29,893 is nowhere to be seen. 331 00:15:29,995 --> 00:15:33,363 - They found two escape hatches. 332 00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:36,400 One behind the refrigerator in the kitchen, 333 00:15:36,469 --> 00:15:38,368 which turns out to have been a ruse, 334 00:15:38,471 --> 00:15:41,071 a trick merely meant to confuse 335 00:15:41,173 --> 00:15:42,306 El Chapo's pursuers. 336 00:15:42,374 --> 00:15:44,541 The second, in a mirrored closet. 337 00:15:44,643 --> 00:15:45,909 [dramatic electronic music] 338 00:15:46,011 --> 00:15:47,744 narrator: It takes the marines 90 minutes 339 00:15:47,813 --> 00:15:50,481 to find the hidden switch that opens a concealed door. 340 00:15:50,549 --> 00:15:51,982 ¶ ¶ 341 00:15:52,084 --> 00:15:53,917 The full-length mirror they've walked past 342 00:15:53,986 --> 00:15:56,120 several times swings open, 343 00:15:56,188 --> 00:15:59,723 leading down to a secret passage. 344 00:15:59,825 --> 00:16:02,960 El Chapo, the master of escape, 345 00:16:03,062 --> 00:16:04,895 has gotten away again. 346 00:16:11,770 --> 00:16:15,439 It's no wonder thousands of officers are hunting for Chapo. 347 00:16:15,541 --> 00:16:17,241 The 58-year-old is the head 348 00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:21,011 of the richest criminal organization in history. 349 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,314 But his start is very different. 350 00:16:27,253 --> 00:16:28,852 He's born poor-- 351 00:16:28,954 --> 00:16:32,489 so poor, his cradle is a wooden tomato crate. 352 00:16:32,591 --> 00:16:34,892 He grows up in the late 1950s 353 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:37,227 in a tiny village in the hills, 354 00:16:37,329 --> 00:16:40,497 with no electricity, no running water-- 355 00:16:40,599 --> 00:16:42,266 nothing but ambition. 356 00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:44,635 - La Tuna, where he was born, is so remote, 357 00:16:44,703 --> 00:16:47,070 these families are so impoverished, 358 00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:50,974 they look for any way they can to put food on their table. 359 00:16:51,076 --> 00:16:52,342 ¶ ¶ 360 00:16:52,444 --> 00:16:53,944 narrator: The oldest of seven kids, 361 00:16:54,046 --> 00:16:56,146 young Joaquin gets the nickname "Chapo", 362 00:16:56,248 --> 00:16:57,981 or "Shorty." 363 00:16:58,083 --> 00:17:01,118 His father pulls him out of school in the third grade 364 00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:04,922 and sends him to work the poppy fields. 365 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:07,591 - His father was abusive, an alcoholic, 366 00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:11,361 spent all of the money on, allegedly, alcohol and women. 367 00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:14,164 - His father was a very brutal man. 368 00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:18,535 He would beat up Chapo Guzman, his brothers, and his sisters. 369 00:17:18,604 --> 00:17:19,603 ¶ ¶ 370 00:17:22,141 --> 00:17:24,041 narrator: By the time he's a teenager, 371 00:17:24,143 --> 00:17:26,510 Chapo runs away to start his own business, 372 00:17:26,612 --> 00:17:28,145 in the drug trade. 373 00:17:28,247 --> 00:17:30,881 - If you're a small kid from a village out there, 374 00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:32,316 you're gonna go for the drugs. 375 00:17:32,418 --> 00:17:33,817 ¶ ¶ 376 00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:35,852 His only role models were drug traffickers. 377 00:17:35,955 --> 00:17:38,989 They're the ones that had the beautiful women on each arm, 378 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:41,725 they had bling, they had... 379 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:43,660 you know, beautiful cars. 380 00:17:43,762 --> 00:17:47,831 So Chapo Guzman wanted to emulate these individuals 381 00:17:47,933 --> 00:17:51,235 because it was a way out of poverty for him. 382 00:17:51,337 --> 00:17:52,769 ¶ ¶ 383 00:17:52,871 --> 00:17:54,771 narrator: And so Chapo turns to his cousins, 384 00:17:54,873 --> 00:17:58,809 the Beltran Leyvas, who are already in the business. 385 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:00,377 They show him the ropes. 386 00:18:00,479 --> 00:18:05,148 - And they help him to-- to make his own fields 387 00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:09,486 when he was between 15 or 16 years old. 388 00:18:09,588 --> 00:18:11,088 ¶ ¶ 389 00:18:12,491 --> 00:18:13,857 narrator: Chapo's homeland, 390 00:18:13,959 --> 00:18:16,393 Sinaloa, in the Golden Triangle, 391 00:18:16,495 --> 00:18:18,962 is rugged. Remote. 392 00:18:19,031 --> 00:18:22,032 It's also ground zero for narcos. 393 00:18:22,134 --> 00:18:23,967 - The state of Sinaloa 394 00:18:24,036 --> 00:18:26,703 is to the Mexican drug cartels 395 00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:29,773 a bit like how Sicily is to the Italian mafia. 396 00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:33,243 It's the cradle of Mexican organized crime. 397 00:18:33,312 --> 00:18:36,280 Chapo Guzman was, in many ways, 398 00:18:36,382 --> 00:18:38,215 born into the drug trade. 399 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:40,951 ¶ ¶ 400 00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:42,519 narrator: Soon, he begins at the bottom 401 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:45,088 of Mexico's main crime syndicate, 402 00:18:45,190 --> 00:18:46,823 the Guadalajara gang, 403 00:18:46,925 --> 00:18:51,228 headed by Felix Gallardo, the man they call El Padrino-- 404 00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:53,130 The Godfather. 405 00:18:53,198 --> 00:18:55,899 - He brought Chapo Guzman in, 406 00:18:56,001 --> 00:18:58,168 initially as a driver, 407 00:18:58,270 --> 00:19:01,338 and then started to give him more responsibility. 408 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:04,107 narrator: Young Chapo pays his dues running errands. 409 00:19:04,209 --> 00:19:06,310 - If you go back to his earliest days, 410 00:19:06,378 --> 00:19:08,045 he was a logistics guy, 411 00:19:08,113 --> 00:19:10,414 primarily for marijuana. 412 00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:13,083 narrator: He's coming into the business at the right time. 413 00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:15,285 - The United States drug consumption 414 00:19:15,387 --> 00:19:17,621 exploded in the 1960s. 415 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:19,723 narrator: With the cultural revolution, 416 00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:22,092 the demand for, first, marijuana, 417 00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:24,961 then heroin, skyrockets. 418 00:19:25,064 --> 00:19:26,463 ¶ ¶ 419 00:19:26,565 --> 00:19:28,131 And when Colombian cocaine arrives 420 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,133 in the late '70s, 421 00:19:30,202 --> 00:19:31,702 it's a game changer. 422 00:19:31,804 --> 00:19:34,004 - Cocaine made the business way larger 423 00:19:34,106 --> 00:19:35,806 than it was in the past. 424 00:19:35,908 --> 00:19:38,008 narrator: The Mexican gangs work as drug runners 425 00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:40,010 for the famed Colombian kingpin 426 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:41,978 Pablo Escobar 427 00:19:42,081 --> 00:19:44,915 and his infamous Medellín cartel. 428 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:47,250 - The Mexican traffickers were the transporters 429 00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:49,353 and they would receive a fee 430 00:19:49,455 --> 00:19:50,821 from the Colombians. 431 00:19:50,923 --> 00:19:52,856 - This is when cocaine flows 432 00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:56,159 through Mexico in really massive quantities. 433 00:19:56,261 --> 00:19:57,861 narrator: By the mid-1980s, 434 00:19:57,963 --> 00:20:01,098 Felix Gallardo and his boys from Sinaloa 435 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,835 are running the largest criminal syndicate in Mexico, 436 00:20:04,903 --> 00:20:08,138 working directly under Pablo Escobar himself. 437 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,041 ¶ ¶ 438 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:13,977 Chapo Guzman, now in his late 20s, 439 00:20:14,079 --> 00:20:17,948 shows the brains and the drive to get ahead. 440 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:20,917 - He very quickly proved himself as a-- 441 00:20:20,986 --> 00:20:24,521 just a smart, savvy operator. 442 00:20:24,623 --> 00:20:27,557 - He was very adept at coordinating flights 443 00:20:27,626 --> 00:20:31,495 from Colombia containing large shipments of cocaine. 444 00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:34,197 - If you're able to get loads 445 00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:36,700 safely into the United States, 446 00:20:36,802 --> 00:20:40,637 your worth is absolutely tremendous. 447 00:20:40,706 --> 00:20:42,272 narrator: He and the cartel are moving 448 00:20:42,341 --> 00:20:44,508 up to 20 tons of coke a month 449 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:46,476 into California. 450 00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:49,079 His two main weapons are cash 451 00:20:49,181 --> 00:20:50,480 and fear. 452 00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:52,082 - His ability to corrupt 453 00:20:52,151 --> 00:20:55,318 and to convince is probably boundless. 454 00:20:55,421 --> 00:21:00,257 - They start to pay bribes, directly, to very 455 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:01,858 high-level members of the government-- 456 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:03,160 generals, 457 00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:05,529 members of the federal police. 458 00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:07,230 narrator: It's said he'll stop at nothing 459 00:21:07,332 --> 00:21:09,433 to get what he wants. 460 00:21:09,535 --> 00:21:12,369 - People were afraid of making mistakes. 461 00:21:12,438 --> 00:21:13,537 - He was vicious. 462 00:21:13,605 --> 00:21:14,838 Killed people. 463 00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:16,640 - When individuals lost loads, 464 00:21:16,708 --> 00:21:18,475 he would put a bullet in their head. 465 00:21:18,577 --> 00:21:20,010 - He personally, 466 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:22,179 by his own hand, would execute them. 467 00:21:22,247 --> 00:21:24,247 ¶ ¶ 468 00:21:29,989 --> 00:21:31,922 narrator: He's the most notorious drug trafficker 469 00:21:32,024 --> 00:21:36,026 in the world, a wanted man in the United States, 470 00:21:36,128 --> 00:21:38,195 but back in the mid-1980s, 471 00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:40,497 30-year-old Joaquin Guzman Loera, 472 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:42,032 El Chapo, 473 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:43,500 is rising quickly through the ranks 474 00:21:43,602 --> 00:21:45,469 of the Guadalajara cartel. 475 00:21:45,571 --> 00:21:48,171 - He was well-known as an executioner. 476 00:21:48,274 --> 00:21:49,573 When loads were late, 477 00:21:49,675 --> 00:21:52,309 when individuals showed up for work drunk 478 00:21:52,411 --> 00:21:53,677 or unprepared, 479 00:21:53,779 --> 00:21:55,579 he would execute them. 480 00:21:55,681 --> 00:21:57,948 narrator: But he's more than just a hit man. 481 00:21:58,050 --> 00:22:00,017 Although he can't really read or write, 482 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,353 he has an uncanny ability to move the product. 483 00:22:05,124 --> 00:22:09,893 - And he had many ingenious ways of trafficking drugs, 484 00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:13,830 such as hiding cocaine in tins of chili. 485 00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:16,700 - They were one of the most innovative. 486 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:19,336 This was an organization that would essentially use 487 00:22:19,438 --> 00:22:20,637 any route available. 488 00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:22,105 narrator: Shipping containers, 489 00:22:22,207 --> 00:22:23,740 panga boats, trucks, 490 00:22:23,842 --> 00:22:26,543 even mules are used to move concealed drugs 491 00:22:26,645 --> 00:22:28,445 across the border. 492 00:22:28,547 --> 00:22:32,282 By sea, Chapo and his cartel ship immense loads 493 00:22:32,384 --> 00:22:34,618 right under the coast guard's nose. 494 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,722 - They perfected the art of building these so-called 495 00:22:38,824 --> 00:22:42,759 "narco submarines" carrying tons of cocaine, 496 00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:46,363 worth hundreds of millions of dollars. 497 00:22:46,465 --> 00:22:50,167 narrator: But then Chapo gets his most inspired idea yet, 498 00:22:50,269 --> 00:22:55,706 the one that will put him on the map. 499 00:22:57,543 --> 00:23:00,544 narrator: Smuggling tunnels have been around for decades, 500 00:23:00,646 --> 00:23:03,847 running underneath the U.S./Mexico border-- 501 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:06,383 some of the most heavily patrolled terrain 502 00:23:06,485 --> 00:23:08,251 on the continent. 503 00:23:08,354 --> 00:23:11,221 But Chapo takes it to a new level, 504 00:23:11,323 --> 00:23:13,890 turning them into an art form: 505 00:23:13,993 --> 00:23:16,159 the super tunnels. 506 00:23:16,261 --> 00:23:19,129 He has the first one built in 1989. 507 00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:20,797 male reporter: The tunnel was called 508 00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:22,766 one of the most sophisticated drug-smuggling schemes 509 00:23:22,868 --> 00:23:24,468 authorities have ever seen. 510 00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:28,505 - This type of tunnel is not an amateur operation. 511 00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:30,974 It's a highly sophisticated 512 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:35,646 engineering feat that took place. 513 00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:37,681 narrator: Even the way in is surprising-- 514 00:23:37,783 --> 00:23:41,685 an entrance hidden under a pool table. 515 00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:45,222 Turning an outside water spigot triggers a hydraulic system, 516 00:23:45,324 --> 00:23:46,823 lifting the table, 517 00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:49,559 revealing a ladder heading down. 518 00:23:49,662 --> 00:23:51,662 More than three stories below, 519 00:23:51,764 --> 00:23:54,331 the tunnel runs 300 feet under the border, 520 00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:57,634 from Mexico into Arizona. 521 00:23:57,736 --> 00:24:01,204 It's the prototype for dozens of arched Sinaloa tunnels 522 00:24:01,306 --> 00:24:02,639 that will follow, 523 00:24:02,741 --> 00:24:04,174 complete with ventilation, 524 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:06,743 electricity, and more-- 525 00:24:06,845 --> 00:24:08,879 infrastructure marvels called 526 00:24:08,981 --> 00:24:11,782 "the Taj Mahal of tunnels." 527 00:24:11,884 --> 00:24:14,518 narrator: In 1990, U.S. authorities are startled 528 00:24:14,620 --> 00:24:18,155 to discover this passageway is funneling massive drug loads 529 00:24:18,257 --> 00:24:19,923 into the U.S. 530 00:24:20,025 --> 00:24:23,694 They set out to shut down El Chapo's tunnels. 531 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:26,830 It's a battle that continues to this day. 532 00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:28,498 - We believe that there are tunnels 533 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,167 under construction as we speak, 534 00:24:30,269 --> 00:24:31,535 and it's our job to find those 535 00:24:31,637 --> 00:24:33,437 and put them out of business. 536 00:24:33,539 --> 00:24:35,238 If we come across a tunnel that's being built, 537 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:36,740 you know, we will just fill it in 538 00:24:36,842 --> 00:24:40,644 on the United States side. 539 00:24:40,746 --> 00:24:41,978 narrator: A lot of tunnels come up 540 00:24:42,081 --> 00:24:43,714 in the Otay Mesa warehouse area 541 00:24:43,816 --> 00:24:45,348 in San Diego, 542 00:24:45,451 --> 00:24:48,585 where Mexico and the U.S. sit side by side 543 00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:50,320 less than a mile apart. 544 00:24:50,422 --> 00:24:52,389 - So as you can see, right over here, 545 00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:54,858 that fence is the international border with Mexico, 546 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,627 and where we stand is the commercial district 547 00:24:57,730 --> 00:24:59,663 in San Ysidro, San Diego County, 548 00:24:59,765 --> 00:25:02,566 where there's no shortage of commercial warehouses 549 00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:04,968 to utilize as a tunnel exit point. 550 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:07,437 narrator: Here, there's more than 2 million square feet 551 00:25:07,539 --> 00:25:11,007 of vacant real estate available at any given point, 552 00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:13,009 which gives cartels like Chapo's 553 00:25:13,112 --> 00:25:15,078 a lot of room to maneuver. 554 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:17,280 [metal clanging] 555 00:25:19,151 --> 00:25:20,050 - Gloves and harnesses. 556 00:25:20,152 --> 00:25:21,818 Anybody else? Helmets? 557 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,487 narrator: Day in and day out, 558 00:25:23,589 --> 00:25:26,156 a crew from the San Diego Tunnel Task Force, 559 00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:27,991 known as the "Tunnel Rats," 560 00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:30,227 suit up to investigate these tunnels 561 00:25:30,329 --> 00:25:33,897 that run under the U.S./Mexico border. 562 00:25:33,999 --> 00:25:35,465 They rope off 563 00:25:35,567 --> 00:25:39,035 and rappel down into the darkness. 564 00:25:39,138 --> 00:25:41,238 70 feet under the Earth's surface, 565 00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:45,175 they find passageways more than a half-mile long. 566 00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:48,378 All told, U.S. and Mexican officials 567 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,981 have found nearly 60 of these sophisticated tunnels 568 00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:52,849 in the past decade and a half, 569 00:25:52,951 --> 00:25:57,821 many masterminded by Chapo himself. 570 00:25:57,923 --> 00:26:02,425 This tunnel was discovered in 2009, December of 2009. 571 00:26:02,528 --> 00:26:05,061 Our partners on the south side found a warehouse. 572 00:26:05,164 --> 00:26:07,230 When they entered the building, they later discovered 573 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:10,200 the whole bathroom lowered, toilet, vanity, and all. 574 00:26:10,302 --> 00:26:13,136 To access the actual tunnel entrance itself, 575 00:26:13,238 --> 00:26:16,706 the whole bottom floor actually lowered into the tunnel. 576 00:26:16,809 --> 00:26:19,810 They found they had ventilation systems, electrical, 577 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:21,645 a phone line was actually in there, 578 00:26:21,747 --> 00:26:23,680 and a rudimentary rail system. 579 00:26:23,782 --> 00:26:25,549 narrator: For El Chapo's builders, 580 00:26:25,651 --> 00:26:27,184 these are no simple tasks. 581 00:26:27,286 --> 00:26:29,486 - Well, it takes time. It takes effort. 582 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:31,721 They're digging tunnels 3,000 feet. 583 00:26:31,824 --> 00:26:35,192 Some of these take, on average, about a year, year and a half, 584 00:26:35,294 --> 00:26:36,459 to span these distances, 585 00:26:36,562 --> 00:26:40,630 so I mean, that's-- that's persistence. 586 00:26:40,732 --> 00:26:42,265 narrator: They also take money, 587 00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:45,569 as much as $1 million apiece to build, 588 00:26:45,671 --> 00:26:48,872 but it's money well spent for the cartels like El Chapo's. 589 00:26:48,974 --> 00:26:50,740 - It's a priceless venture for them, 590 00:26:50,843 --> 00:26:54,077 meaning having a completed tunnel into the U.S. 591 00:26:54,179 --> 00:26:55,979 is, you know, worth its weight in gold. 592 00:26:56,081 --> 00:26:57,247 - One single load 593 00:26:57,349 --> 00:27:00,550 would pay for whatever expenses they incurred 594 00:27:00,652 --> 00:27:02,252 multiple times over. 595 00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:05,121 Classic example is the Calle de Linea tunnel 596 00:27:05,224 --> 00:27:08,592 where we found 34 tons of marijuana. 597 00:27:08,694 --> 00:27:10,093 At that time, I believe it had 598 00:27:10,195 --> 00:27:14,397 a $60 million plus estimated value. 599 00:27:14,499 --> 00:27:17,200 Cost would probably be about a million, tops, 600 00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:19,202 is what I've heard, so it's just-- 601 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:21,705 you do the math-- that's a huge profit margin. 602 00:27:21,807 --> 00:27:23,240 One load. 603 00:27:23,342 --> 00:27:25,909 ¶ ¶ 604 00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:27,677 narrator: By 1989, 605 00:27:27,779 --> 00:27:30,547 El Chapo's smuggling tons of cocaine and marijuana 606 00:27:30,649 --> 00:27:32,182 through tunnels like these 607 00:27:32,284 --> 00:27:35,185 and many other inventive methods. 608 00:27:35,287 --> 00:27:36,987 With his flair for logistics, 609 00:27:37,089 --> 00:27:38,989 he earns a brand-new nickname. 610 00:27:39,091 --> 00:27:40,857 - He became known as El Rápido 611 00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:43,493 because he could move cocaine loads very, very quickly, 612 00:27:43,595 --> 00:27:46,763 from Colombia through Mexico to the United States. 613 00:27:46,865 --> 00:27:48,231 narrator: It's said that before 614 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:50,267 the planes are back in Colombia, 615 00:27:50,369 --> 00:27:53,169 his coke is already in Los Angeles. 616 00:27:53,272 --> 00:27:54,971 - Wires were tingling 617 00:27:55,073 --> 00:27:57,040 with the name El Chapo Guzman. 618 00:27:58,710 --> 00:28:01,177 narrator: Chapo's savvy earns him another promotion 619 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,847 in Mexico's Guadalajara cartel. 620 00:28:03,949 --> 00:28:05,382 Now in his mid-30s, 621 00:28:05,484 --> 00:28:08,852 he's reportedly making millions of dollars. 622 00:28:08,954 --> 00:28:12,022 And so, El Chapo starts living the high life. 623 00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:14,457 He's got cars, planes, 624 00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:17,093 dozens of houses, and throws extravagant bashes, 625 00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:20,363 where he's known to fly in prostitutes for the occasion. 626 00:28:20,465 --> 00:28:23,133 - He used to rent a complete floor 627 00:28:23,235 --> 00:28:25,869 in one hotel in Guadalajara 628 00:28:25,971 --> 00:28:29,739 or Puerto Vallarta and make huge parties. 629 00:28:29,841 --> 00:28:32,108 And he was very young, 630 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:35,445 and I think that he didn't know what to do 631 00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:38,815 with all that money and power. 632 00:28:41,019 --> 00:28:42,919 narrator: While Chapo's living large, 633 00:28:43,021 --> 00:28:46,189 U.S. and Mexican officials are working hard to crack down 634 00:28:46,291 --> 00:28:48,024 on drug smuggling, 635 00:28:48,126 --> 00:28:53,496 and in November 1989, they catch a break. 636 00:28:53,598 --> 00:28:56,833 - And from Mexico tonight, news of what may be a major victory 637 00:28:56,935 --> 00:28:58,368 in the war on drugs-- 638 00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:01,738 the arrest of a man called the kingpin behind a drug pipeline 639 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,373 into the United States. 640 00:29:03,475 --> 00:29:06,242 narrator: Felix Gallardo, El Chapo's boss, 641 00:29:06,345 --> 00:29:08,912 is sentenced to prison for 40 years 642 00:29:09,014 --> 00:29:12,248 on drug trafficking, bribery, and weapons charges. 643 00:29:12,351 --> 00:29:14,384 Brokaw: Mexican authorities say that Felix Gallardo 644 00:29:14,486 --> 00:29:16,786 ran the ring that funneled Colombian cocaine 645 00:29:16,888 --> 00:29:18,822 through Mexico into this country-- 646 00:29:18,924 --> 00:29:21,725 two tons of cocaine every month. 647 00:29:21,827 --> 00:29:23,259 narrator: Now there's a power vacuum 648 00:29:23,362 --> 00:29:25,829 at the top of the Guadalajara cartel, 649 00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:28,999 and Chapo is about to seize his moment. 650 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:32,502 - Everyone else seemed to be content with their little patch. 651 00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:34,371 Not him. 652 00:29:34,473 --> 00:29:36,139 It's a power-grab world, 653 00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:38,641 and Chapo went for the grab. 654 00:29:38,744 --> 00:29:40,977 ¶ ¶ 655 00:29:48,186 --> 00:29:49,519 narrator: In just 15 years, 656 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:52,522 El Chapo Guzman has risen to become 657 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:54,791 one of Mexico's major drug smugglers 658 00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:56,626 into the U.S., 659 00:29:56,728 --> 00:30:00,563 flooding American streets with cocaine and marijuana. 660 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:03,666 By November 1989, he's a top lieutenant 661 00:30:03,768 --> 00:30:05,401 in the Guadalajara cartel 662 00:30:05,503 --> 00:30:08,204 when his boss, kingpin Felix Gallardo, 663 00:30:08,273 --> 00:30:12,141 is sentenced to 40 years behind bars. 664 00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:14,277 Recognizing a void in power, 665 00:30:14,345 --> 00:30:19,348 Chapo is poised to seize the moment. 666 00:30:19,451 --> 00:30:21,350 - U.S. officials are praising Mexico 667 00:30:21,453 --> 00:30:23,553 for the arrest of a man said to be one of the world's 668 00:30:23,621 --> 00:30:25,221 biggest drug dealers. 669 00:30:25,323 --> 00:30:27,323 narrator: But right before his arrest, 670 00:30:27,425 --> 00:30:29,091 knowing his days were numbered, 671 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,828 Gallardo called Mexico's crime families 672 00:30:31,896 --> 00:30:34,163 to a meeting in Acapulco. 673 00:30:34,265 --> 00:30:38,634 His plan: to carve up the country into turfs. 674 00:30:38,703 --> 00:30:43,372 - Once he was imprisoned, the Guadalajara cartel 675 00:30:43,441 --> 00:30:48,077 splintered into various organizations. 676 00:30:48,146 --> 00:30:49,579 narrator: Each group gets a corridor 677 00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:52,582 to the all-important U.S. border. 678 00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:54,550 There's a Tijuana cartel, 679 00:30:54,619 --> 00:30:56,252 a Juarez cartel, 680 00:30:56,354 --> 00:30:58,421 a Gulf cartel, 681 00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:02,258 and El Chapo and his partners form the Sinaloa cartel, 682 00:31:02,327 --> 00:31:05,294 covering the corridor from Sinaloa and Sonora 683 00:31:05,396 --> 00:31:07,563 into Arizona. 684 00:31:07,665 --> 00:31:09,532 The division seems to make sense, 685 00:31:09,601 --> 00:31:12,568 but it will actually set off a chain of narco wars 686 00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:16,873 that are still going on. 687 00:31:16,975 --> 00:31:19,075 - There is no honor among thieves. 688 00:31:19,143 --> 00:31:21,711 These alliances fracture very, very quickly. 689 00:31:21,779 --> 00:31:24,180 We're talking about massive amounts of power. 690 00:31:24,249 --> 00:31:26,883 Incredible amounts of ego. 691 00:31:26,951 --> 00:31:28,951 narrator: In 1992, 692 00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:31,954 Chapo is looking to expand his territory 693 00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:34,056 and makes a bold move 694 00:31:34,158 --> 00:31:35,791 into Tijuana. 695 00:31:35,860 --> 00:31:40,463 - The port of entry between Tijuana and San Diego 696 00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:43,399 is the most lucrative corridor 697 00:31:43,501 --> 00:31:47,537 for drugs coming in from Mexico into the United States. 698 00:31:47,605 --> 00:31:50,439 - You traffic drugs into California, 699 00:31:50,508 --> 00:31:54,844 you reach San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco-- 700 00:31:54,946 --> 00:31:59,048 meanwhile, Chapo Guzman was moving drugs into Arizona. 701 00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:01,984 It's obviously not quite as profitable. 702 00:32:02,053 --> 00:32:04,453 narrator: Chapo's infiltration into Tijuana 703 00:32:04,556 --> 00:32:07,723 will put him up against some tough adversaries: 704 00:32:07,825 --> 00:32:10,259 the Arellano Felix brothers. 705 00:32:10,361 --> 00:32:13,963 - They had a reputation for real, real thuggery. 706 00:32:14,032 --> 00:32:15,798 They'd be sitting in a bar 707 00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:17,433 and they would say, you know, 708 00:32:17,502 --> 00:32:20,937 "I feel like killing someone. Let's--let's go." 709 00:32:21,039 --> 00:32:24,807 narrator: And so a vicious turf war begins. 710 00:32:24,909 --> 00:32:26,876 - What was a rivalry turned into bloodshed 711 00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:30,646 between Chapo Guzman and the Arellano Felix brothers. 712 00:32:30,748 --> 00:32:33,549 - Chapo Guzman sends emissaries 713 00:32:33,651 --> 00:32:36,886 to meet with the Arellano Felix brothers, 714 00:32:36,988 --> 00:32:40,222 and they kill these emissaries, 715 00:32:40,291 --> 00:32:43,292 and that is what started the blood feud. 716 00:32:43,394 --> 00:32:47,229 - They started waging war between themselves. 717 00:32:47,298 --> 00:32:50,066 - The Tijuana cartel put a hit out on El Chapo Guzman, 718 00:32:50,168 --> 00:32:51,801 recognizing him as an up-and-comer 719 00:32:51,903 --> 00:32:54,303 and a threat to their continued dominance. 720 00:32:54,372 --> 00:32:57,239 narrator: In early November 1992, 721 00:32:57,342 --> 00:33:01,944 Chapo is driving down a busy avenue in downtown Guadalajara. 722 00:33:02,013 --> 00:33:03,746 A white pickup pulls up, 723 00:33:03,848 --> 00:33:07,183 and Ramon Arellano Felix and four gunmen jump out... 724 00:33:07,285 --> 00:33:08,250 [gunshots firing] 725 00:33:08,353 --> 00:33:10,586 And open fire. 726 00:33:10,655 --> 00:33:13,723 Chapo's car is riddled with bullets, 727 00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:15,658 but the armor plating holds 728 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,194 and he survives. 729 00:33:18,296 --> 00:33:21,864 A few days later, he strikes back. 730 00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:23,733 [eerie dance music] 731 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:27,036 At the Disco Christine nightclub in Puerto Vallarta, 732 00:33:27,105 --> 00:33:31,340 a party is underway for two of the Arellano Felix brothers. 733 00:33:31,442 --> 00:33:35,077 300 guests are dancing and drinking. 734 00:33:35,179 --> 00:33:38,247 Chapo's hit men burst in, dressed in police uniforms, 735 00:33:38,349 --> 00:33:40,016 a deadly deception. 736 00:33:40,084 --> 00:33:41,017 Then... 737 00:33:41,085 --> 00:33:42,385 [gunshots firing] 738 00:33:42,453 --> 00:33:45,187 They open fire. 739 00:33:45,289 --> 00:33:46,922 When the shooting stops, 740 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:49,959 a half-dozen people are dead on the dance floor. 741 00:33:50,061 --> 00:33:51,994 - The conflict between the Arellano Felix brothers 742 00:33:52,096 --> 00:33:55,731 and Chapo developed into a mafia-type arrangement, 743 00:33:55,833 --> 00:33:58,834 where, you know, Chapo would try and have one of them killed 744 00:33:58,903 --> 00:34:00,503 and they would send someone to Sinaloa 745 00:34:00,605 --> 00:34:01,837 to try and have him killed. 746 00:34:01,906 --> 00:34:04,874 ¶ ¶ 747 00:34:04,976 --> 00:34:08,911 narrator: The violence comes to a head in May 1993. 748 00:34:09,013 --> 00:34:12,248 - The ongoing feud escalated. 749 00:34:12,350 --> 00:34:15,885 - They sent a hit team to execute El Chapo Guzman. 750 00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:21,257 - The Arellano Felix brothers contracted some thugs 751 00:34:21,359 --> 00:34:22,458 from the San Diego area, 752 00:34:22,527 --> 00:34:26,529 known as the Logan Heights gang. 753 00:34:26,631 --> 00:34:29,298 narrator: The hit men have been trying, and failing, 754 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,333 to track Chapo down 755 00:34:31,436 --> 00:34:32,768 when they get a call. 756 00:34:32,870 --> 00:34:35,671 - They had word that El Chapo Guzman 757 00:34:35,773 --> 00:34:37,373 was at the airport in Guadalajara 758 00:34:37,442 --> 00:34:41,077 and that he would be riding in a white sedan. 759 00:34:41,179 --> 00:34:43,646 They came across that sedan and opened fire. 760 00:34:43,715 --> 00:34:45,481 [gunshots firing] 761 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:47,450 narrator: But in the crossfire, Chapo, 762 00:34:47,518 --> 00:34:49,185 the master of escape, 763 00:34:49,253 --> 00:34:52,588 makes his way under cars to the terminal. 764 00:34:52,690 --> 00:34:54,323 And in the confusion, 765 00:34:54,425 --> 00:34:58,127 the assassins hit a very different target: 766 00:34:58,229 --> 00:35:00,262 a Roman Catholic cardinal. 767 00:35:00,331 --> 00:35:04,600 - It became a horrific assassination 768 00:35:04,702 --> 00:35:07,536 that sent headlines around the world. 769 00:35:17,415 --> 00:35:19,081 narrator: For over two decades, 770 00:35:19,183 --> 00:35:21,517 Joaquin Guzman Loera, 771 00:35:21,619 --> 00:35:23,519 king of the narco super tunnel, 772 00:35:23,621 --> 00:35:25,220 has been making his mark 773 00:35:25,322 --> 00:35:27,423 as a leading transporter of cocaine 774 00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:29,858 into the United States. 775 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,694 But the drug lord, now in his 30s, 776 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:36,131 wants to expand his territory. 777 00:35:36,233 --> 00:35:40,335 In May 1993, El Chapo is in a bloody battle 778 00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:42,805 with rivals over Tijuana, 779 00:35:42,907 --> 00:35:45,808 a key corridor into the U.S. drug market. 780 00:35:45,910 --> 00:35:47,843 A hit is ordered to take him out 781 00:35:47,945 --> 00:35:50,345 at the Guadalajara airport. 782 00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:52,614 But when the assassins open fire, 783 00:35:52,716 --> 00:35:54,249 they get a shock. 784 00:35:54,351 --> 00:35:56,418 - El Chapo Guzman was not in that vehicle. 785 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:57,986 He was in another vehicle. 786 00:35:58,088 --> 00:35:59,221 In that vehicle... 787 00:35:59,323 --> 00:36:03,926 was the Archbishop of Guadalajara. 788 00:36:04,028 --> 00:36:06,528 - The cardinal Posadas Ocampo 789 00:36:06,630 --> 00:36:08,063 is just getting out of his car 790 00:36:08,165 --> 00:36:14,369 and they hit him 14 times with rounds from AK-47s. 791 00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:17,506 - Two suspects are in custody this morning in Guadalajara 792 00:36:17,608 --> 00:36:20,242 following a shootout that left at least seven people dead, 793 00:36:20,344 --> 00:36:22,411 among them a Roman Catholic cardinal. 794 00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:24,546 Authorities think the shootout may have been a battle 795 00:36:24,648 --> 00:36:27,082 between rival gangs of drug traffickers. 796 00:36:27,184 --> 00:36:29,151 [solemn mass music] 797 00:36:30,321 --> 00:36:31,820 narrator: Mexico is stunned. 798 00:36:31,922 --> 00:36:35,491 The shooting receives international coverage. 799 00:36:35,593 --> 00:36:37,059 - The then Mexican president 800 00:36:37,161 --> 00:36:40,796 was so outraged at this assassination 801 00:36:40,898 --> 00:36:42,965 that he vowed 802 00:36:43,067 --> 00:36:46,268 to bring the full force and effect 803 00:36:46,370 --> 00:36:50,739 of the Mexican government down on the narco-traffickers. 804 00:36:50,841 --> 00:36:53,675 narrator: Rumors swirl about the Cardinal's death, 805 00:36:53,777 --> 00:36:56,678 that perhaps it wasn't an accident at all. 806 00:36:56,780 --> 00:36:59,248 Some experts believe that the real target 807 00:36:59,350 --> 00:37:01,283 was the cardinal himself. 808 00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:04,987 They allege he held a list of Mexican government officials 809 00:37:05,089 --> 00:37:07,222 with ties to organized crime. 810 00:37:07,324 --> 00:37:09,424 - There are many conspiracy theories 811 00:37:09,527 --> 00:37:11,326 that really they killed they cardinal 812 00:37:11,428 --> 00:37:13,028 because he had some information. 813 00:37:13,130 --> 00:37:18,300 - Apparently, the cardinal has a list of people related 814 00:37:18,402 --> 00:37:22,304 with the president that receive money from the drug cartels. 815 00:37:22,406 --> 00:37:24,206 narrator: But the government insists 816 00:37:24,308 --> 00:37:26,141 the cartels are behind it all. 817 00:37:26,243 --> 00:37:29,211 - [speaking Spanish] 818 00:37:33,117 --> 00:37:34,449 - There was a lot of pressure 819 00:37:34,552 --> 00:37:36,985 following the killing of the cardinal 820 00:37:37,087 --> 00:37:40,722 to detain some significant drug traffickers. 821 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,827 narrator: Chapo's cronies haven't been happy 822 00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:48,163 with his feud over Tijuana. 823 00:37:48,265 --> 00:37:51,466 To them, he seems like the perfect scapegoat. 824 00:37:51,569 --> 00:37:55,037 - The government said, "Okay, we have to put someone in jail. 825 00:37:55,139 --> 00:37:57,406 "It's an international scandal, 826 00:37:57,508 --> 00:37:59,207 we have to do something." 827 00:37:59,310 --> 00:38:03,745 And they said, "Well, El Chapo just bring problems. 828 00:38:03,847 --> 00:38:05,847 We can't control him." 829 00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:08,951 narrator: And so Chapo is offered up as a fall guy 830 00:38:09,053 --> 00:38:14,122 for this, a crime he didn't commit. 831 00:38:14,224 --> 00:38:16,191 And the first massive manhunt 832 00:38:16,293 --> 00:38:19,494 for Joaquin Chapo Guzman begins. 833 00:38:19,597 --> 00:38:22,998 - El Chapo Guzman, realizing that the heat was on, 834 00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:24,800 decided to hightail it, 835 00:38:24,902 --> 00:38:27,769 crossed the border with Guatemala, 836 00:38:27,871 --> 00:38:30,639 paid off a Guatemalan official 837 00:38:30,741 --> 00:38:33,542 over $1 million to keep it a secret. 838 00:38:33,644 --> 00:38:35,477 narrator: But, hiding in Guatemala, 839 00:38:35,579 --> 00:38:37,312 he'll soon be double-crossed 840 00:38:37,414 --> 00:38:39,247 when that official pockets the money 841 00:38:39,350 --> 00:38:41,450 and tips off the DEA, 842 00:38:41,552 --> 00:38:43,518 which alerts local authorities. 843 00:38:47,358 --> 00:38:50,592 - We provide the Guatemalans the information, 844 00:38:50,694 --> 00:38:55,831 and he is arrested in a local hotel in Guatemala. 845 00:38:55,933 --> 00:38:57,699 ¶ ¶ 846 00:38:57,801 --> 00:39:00,669 narrator: On June 9, 1993, 847 00:39:00,771 --> 00:39:04,806 Chapo Guzman is unceremoniously bound and bundled 848 00:39:04,908 --> 00:39:07,342 into a pickup truck by the Guatemalans 849 00:39:07,444 --> 00:39:10,579 and dumped just over the Mexican border. 850 00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:13,448 - The Mexican military was waiting on the other side 851 00:39:13,550 --> 00:39:15,550 with all the pomp and circumstance 852 00:39:15,653 --> 00:39:17,152 of the Mexican military. 853 00:39:17,254 --> 00:39:19,454 They were in full-dress uniforms, 854 00:39:19,556 --> 00:39:21,089 and all of a sudden, 855 00:39:21,191 --> 00:39:25,627 they see a rustic, beat-up old pickup truck 856 00:39:25,729 --> 00:39:27,229 coming down the road, 857 00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:29,331 and they see that Chapo Guzman 858 00:39:29,433 --> 00:39:32,934 is in the bed of the truck, rolling around, you know, 859 00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:37,005 getting, you know, battered and bruised. 860 00:39:37,107 --> 00:39:39,975 narrator: El Chapo is arrested and sentenced to 20 years 861 00:39:40,077 --> 00:39:43,211 for conspiracy, bribery, and drug trafficking. 862 00:39:43,313 --> 00:39:46,281 - [speaking Spanish] 863 00:39:48,318 --> 00:39:49,451 - Suddenly he was a name. 864 00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:50,552 A real name. 865 00:39:50,654 --> 00:39:53,622 - [speaking Spanish] 866 00:39:59,697 --> 00:40:01,763 narrator: Through the 1990s, 867 00:40:01,865 --> 00:40:04,466 Chapo's legend starts to grow, 868 00:40:04,568 --> 00:40:07,369 operating out of cell 307, 869 00:40:07,471 --> 00:40:10,972 block C3 in the maximum-security prison 870 00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:13,275 at Puente Grande. 871 00:40:13,377 --> 00:40:15,677 - There's been good documentation to show 872 00:40:15,779 --> 00:40:19,147 an incredible network of bribery 873 00:40:19,249 --> 00:40:22,584 by Chapo Guzman of prison officials. 874 00:40:22,686 --> 00:40:24,720 - He was very adept 875 00:40:24,822 --> 00:40:27,456 at knowing who to bribe and how to bribe them. 876 00:40:27,558 --> 00:40:30,125 - If you're a guard, you're earning, you know, 877 00:40:30,227 --> 00:40:32,027 $15,000 a year. 878 00:40:32,129 --> 00:40:33,061 What are you gonna do? 879 00:40:33,163 --> 00:40:34,362 If he's offered you money, 880 00:40:34,465 --> 00:40:36,231 you can take the money and be corrupt, 881 00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:37,999 or you can report it to someone 882 00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:41,470 who you have no idea whether you can trust that person. 883 00:40:41,572 --> 00:40:45,407 narrator: Those who turn down Chapo Guzman's generosity 884 00:40:45,509 --> 00:40:47,409 do so at their own risk. 885 00:40:47,511 --> 00:40:49,911 - We will pay you handsomely for that. 886 00:40:50,013 --> 00:40:51,913 We will make you very, very rich. 887 00:40:52,015 --> 00:40:56,184 And if you decline our offer, we will kill you. 888 00:40:56,286 --> 00:40:59,855 Or even worse, we will murder your wife 889 00:40:59,957 --> 00:41:01,823 and your daughters and your sons. 890 00:41:01,925 --> 00:41:03,825 - You take our money or you take our bullet. 891 00:41:03,927 --> 00:41:06,862 ¶ ¶ 892 00:41:06,964 --> 00:41:08,230 narrator: Seduction. 893 00:41:08,332 --> 00:41:09,865 Intimidation. 894 00:41:09,967 --> 00:41:13,235 That's Chapo's way of doing business, 895 00:41:13,337 --> 00:41:14,836 inside the prison 896 00:41:14,938 --> 00:41:15,837 and out. 897 00:41:15,939 --> 00:41:17,839 - Chapo has a lot of people 898 00:41:17,941 --> 00:41:20,075 in various parts of the governments, 899 00:41:20,177 --> 00:41:22,043 all over Mexico. 900 00:41:22,146 --> 00:41:25,180 In my day, we had the Chief of Police of Mexico's 901 00:41:25,282 --> 00:41:28,717 Federal Judicial District a trafficker. 902 00:41:28,819 --> 00:41:33,288 So corruption can go to the highest levels. 903 00:41:33,390 --> 00:41:34,956 narrator: The end result-- 904 00:41:35,058 --> 00:41:37,726 inside one of the toughest prisons in Mexico, 905 00:41:37,828 --> 00:41:41,663 El Chapo is living a life most only dream of. 906 00:41:41,765 --> 00:41:43,431 - He was able to essentially live 907 00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:47,502 in a presidential suite of sorts during his incarceration. 908 00:41:47,604 --> 00:41:51,706 - Within weeks of Chapo's arrival, 909 00:41:51,809 --> 00:41:56,678 the prison guards were calling him "jefe," or "boss." 910 00:41:56,780 --> 00:41:58,580 - He had parties. 911 00:41:58,682 --> 00:42:02,517 He had the best food that he wanted, 912 00:42:02,619 --> 00:42:04,853 that was brought in and cooked by private chefs. 913 00:42:04,955 --> 00:42:06,354 narrator: And there are women, 914 00:42:06,456 --> 00:42:07,756 lots of women, 915 00:42:07,858 --> 00:42:09,624 sent to the prison, 916 00:42:09,726 --> 00:42:12,761 including a steady rotation of prostitutes 917 00:42:12,863 --> 00:42:14,663 for himself and others-- 918 00:42:14,765 --> 00:42:18,767 even the guards, as seen in these security camera images. 919 00:42:18,869 --> 00:42:23,905 - He used to get visit of many women in the jail 920 00:42:24,007 --> 00:42:27,909 and make sexual competitions with other people 921 00:42:28,011 --> 00:42:29,211 that was in jail-- 922 00:42:29,313 --> 00:42:32,948 who has more sex in during the day than the other. 923 00:42:33,050 --> 00:42:37,285 - He was able to enjoy a lot of relationships 924 00:42:37,387 --> 00:42:40,889 with female staff, even cleaning staff, 925 00:42:40,991 --> 00:42:43,058 even one particular female prisoner 926 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,427 who he fell in love with 927 00:42:45,529 --> 00:42:48,129 and wrote love letters to later. 928 00:42:50,334 --> 00:42:52,534 narrator: Meanwhile, it's business as usual 929 00:42:52,636 --> 00:42:55,370 for Chapo and the Sinaloa cartel, 930 00:42:55,472 --> 00:42:59,107 controlling the flow of drugs across the border into Arizona. 931 00:42:59,209 --> 00:43:02,244 - He was using cell phones, using couriers, 932 00:43:02,346 --> 00:43:03,912 using a computer. 933 00:43:04,014 --> 00:43:05,780 He was still fully operating and functioning 934 00:43:05,849 --> 00:43:10,051 as the de facto leader of the Sinaloa cartel 935 00:43:10,153 --> 00:43:11,987 while imprisoned in Jalisco. 936 00:43:12,089 --> 00:43:13,488 narrator: And then, 937 00:43:13,590 --> 00:43:16,224 a pivotal moment in Chapo's career 938 00:43:16,326 --> 00:43:17,559 when a bullet brings down 939 00:43:17,661 --> 00:43:20,495 Colombian kingpin Pablo Escobar. 940 00:43:20,597 --> 00:43:25,066 - The death of Pablo Escobar in December of 1993 941 00:43:25,168 --> 00:43:29,905 created an opening for the Sinaloa cartel 942 00:43:30,007 --> 00:43:33,942 and Chapo Guzman at its helm. 943 00:43:34,044 --> 00:43:36,645 El Chapo Guzman's genius is that he saw 944 00:43:36,747 --> 00:43:38,780 the Medellín cartel fall apart 945 00:43:38,882 --> 00:43:41,783 and he realized that the Sinaloa cartel 946 00:43:41,885 --> 00:43:45,720 could control that trade into the United States. 947 00:43:45,822 --> 00:43:47,923 He saw that Mexican traffickers 948 00:43:48,025 --> 00:43:52,193 could actually dominate the market. 949 00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:55,163 narrator: All through the mid to late 1990s, 950 00:43:55,265 --> 00:43:58,033 Chapo's men start moving more and more narcotics, 951 00:43:58,135 --> 00:44:00,869 as he calls the shots from the inside. 952 00:44:00,971 --> 00:44:04,205 - They began to buy the cocaine in Colombia 953 00:44:04,308 --> 00:44:06,608 for about $2,000 a kilo 954 00:44:06,710 --> 00:44:08,777 and sell that on the border of the United States 955 00:44:08,879 --> 00:44:10,745 for about $30,000. 956 00:44:10,847 --> 00:44:12,747 So these vast profits of cocaine 957 00:44:12,849 --> 00:44:14,549 that used to go to the Colombians 958 00:44:14,651 --> 00:44:20,722 were now staying largely in the hands of Mexican traffickers. 959 00:44:20,824 --> 00:44:22,357 [indistinct shouting] 960 00:44:22,459 --> 00:44:24,159 narrator: Meanwhile, U.S. authorities 961 00:44:24,261 --> 00:44:25,961 have been tracking this activity, 962 00:44:26,063 --> 00:44:29,097 and soon, they decide to make their move. 963 00:44:29,199 --> 00:44:31,333 Even though he's in a Mexican jail, 964 00:44:31,435 --> 00:44:35,971 El Chapo is indicted in Arizona and California 965 00:44:36,073 --> 00:44:39,040 for drug trafficking and money laundering. 966 00:44:39,142 --> 00:44:42,610 By 2001, as officials put the wheels in motion 967 00:44:42,713 --> 00:44:45,280 to extradite the drug lord to the U.S., 968 00:44:45,382 --> 00:44:46,948 he tries to cut a deal. 969 00:44:47,050 --> 00:44:49,584 - They don't want to serve time in the United States. 970 00:44:49,686 --> 00:44:52,887 It's hard time. 971 00:44:52,990 --> 00:44:55,523 ¶ ¶ 972 00:44:55,625 --> 00:44:59,995 - So one of our agents traveled to Puente Grande, 973 00:45:00,097 --> 00:45:03,698 escorted into a waiting room, 974 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,067 and then they bring in Chapo Guzman. 975 00:45:06,169 --> 00:45:09,504 Immediately gets on the floor 976 00:45:09,606 --> 00:45:11,006 and looks underneath the door 977 00:45:11,108 --> 00:45:13,441 to make sure that nobody's listening, 978 00:45:13,543 --> 00:45:15,543 and then he makes an offer, and he says, 979 00:45:15,645 --> 00:45:20,849 "Look, if you don't extradite me to the United States, 980 00:45:20,951 --> 00:45:25,587 "I will give you all of the routes that I have, 981 00:45:25,689 --> 00:45:29,991 "and I will tell you all of the high-ranking Mexican officials 982 00:45:30,093 --> 00:45:33,495 that I have been paying off." 983 00:45:33,597 --> 00:45:35,830 narrator: But the U.S. government isn't biting. 984 00:45:35,932 --> 00:45:37,999 The DEA turns him down. 985 00:45:38,101 --> 00:45:39,801 - We were not gonna strike a deal with him 986 00:45:39,903 --> 00:45:42,637 because we want him in the United States. 987 00:45:42,739 --> 00:45:46,007 - If he were extradited to the United States, 988 00:45:46,109 --> 00:45:47,375 it would be game over for him. 989 00:45:47,477 --> 00:45:49,044 narrator: Out of options, 990 00:45:49,146 --> 00:45:52,914 Chapo begins to think about a great escape. 991 00:45:59,656 --> 00:46:01,123 narrator: For the last eight years, 992 00:46:01,191 --> 00:46:03,358 drug lord El Chapo Guzman 993 00:46:03,460 --> 00:46:06,128 has been running the powerful Sinaloa cartel 994 00:46:06,196 --> 00:46:09,231 from behind bars of a Mexican prison, 995 00:46:09,299 --> 00:46:12,267 but he's still a wanted man in America. 996 00:46:12,369 --> 00:46:16,004 With trafficking indictments in California and Arizona, 997 00:46:16,106 --> 00:46:18,840 U.S. authorities are pushing to extradite the kingpin 998 00:46:18,942 --> 00:46:22,778 to the States and bring him to trial. 999 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:26,415 Out of options, Chapo makes a bold move. 1000 00:46:26,517 --> 00:46:29,184 - There's an individual that walks up to his cell 1001 00:46:29,286 --> 00:46:31,286 with a laundry cart. 1002 00:46:31,388 --> 00:46:33,255 Chapo Guzman jumps in, 1003 00:46:33,357 --> 00:46:36,291 they cover him with towels and dirty laundry, 1004 00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:39,428 and wheels him out of the penitentiary 1005 00:46:39,530 --> 00:46:40,896 into a car. 1006 00:46:40,998 --> 00:46:44,232 [sirens blaring] 1007 00:46:44,334 --> 00:46:46,401 They leave the area, 1008 00:46:46,470 --> 00:46:49,004 they stop at a gas station, 1009 00:46:49,106 --> 00:46:52,007 and the driver goes in to buy water, 1010 00:46:52,109 --> 00:46:55,177 which Chapo Guzman requested, and when he came out, 1011 00:46:55,279 --> 00:47:01,316 Chapo Guzman had gone into the night. 1012 00:47:01,418 --> 00:47:04,753 narrator: After 9:00 p.m. on that January 2001 night, 1013 00:47:04,822 --> 00:47:08,290 El Chapo Guzman is gone. 1014 00:47:08,358 --> 00:47:11,827 Word spreads about his daring laundry cart escape, 1015 00:47:11,895 --> 00:47:15,630 but others later say the prison break is even more brazen-- 1016 00:47:15,732 --> 00:47:20,902 that he simply walks out the door disguised as a policeman. 1017 00:47:21,004 --> 00:47:24,539 Mexican authorities are stunned as their investigation uncovers 1018 00:47:24,641 --> 00:47:27,075 widespread corruption within the prison, 1019 00:47:27,177 --> 00:47:29,711 with alleged payoffs running into the millions, 1020 00:47:29,813 --> 00:47:32,280 from prison guards to the highest levels 1021 00:47:32,349 --> 00:47:35,050 of the Mexican government. 1022 00:47:35,152 --> 00:47:36,985 - He escaped from Puente Grande, 1023 00:47:37,087 --> 00:47:38,854 and none of the other guys have. 1024 00:47:38,956 --> 00:47:41,356 The Godfather, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, 1025 00:47:41,458 --> 00:47:43,525 who once ran the drug trade, 1026 00:47:43,627 --> 00:47:44,960 is still sitting in prison, 1027 00:47:45,062 --> 00:47:47,729 yet Chapo got out. 1028 00:47:47,798 --> 00:47:50,732 narrator: And so the myth of the elusive El Chapo, 1029 00:47:50,801 --> 00:47:53,702 the escape artist, is born. 1030 00:47:53,804 --> 00:47:55,136 - The fact that he was able to escape 1031 00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:56,805 from a maximum-security prison 1032 00:47:56,874 --> 00:48:00,408 just lends greater support for his mystique. 1033 00:48:00,511 --> 00:48:03,278 - People have always been fascinated by the-- 1034 00:48:03,347 --> 00:48:05,847 by the bandito, the bad guy. 1035 00:48:05,949 --> 00:48:08,049 From Pancho Villa 1036 00:48:08,151 --> 00:48:09,751 to the Godfather 1037 00:48:09,853 --> 00:48:11,987 to Al Capone 1038 00:48:12,055 --> 00:48:14,222 and now El Chapo. 1039 00:48:14,324 --> 00:48:17,259 narrator: On the run, Chapo goes underground 1040 00:48:17,327 --> 00:48:19,528 and on the offensive. 1041 00:48:19,596 --> 00:48:22,397 In the eight years Chapo was behind bars, 1042 00:48:22,499 --> 00:48:26,501 there was an unspoken truce amongst the Mexican cartels, 1043 00:48:26,603 --> 00:48:29,771 but now the turf wars reignite. 1044 00:48:29,873 --> 00:48:33,775 - He decided that he was going to expand his territory 1045 00:48:33,877 --> 00:48:37,345 and take over a lot of these major corridors 1046 00:48:37,414 --> 00:48:41,783 into the United States because he could expand his business. 1047 00:48:43,654 --> 00:48:45,754 narrator: In early 2002, 1048 00:48:45,856 --> 00:48:49,124 Chapo's bitter rival, the Tijuana cartel, 1049 00:48:49,226 --> 00:48:52,193 suffers a loss when one of the Arellano Felix brothers 1050 00:48:52,296 --> 00:48:55,096 is killed in a shootout with the police. 1051 00:48:55,198 --> 00:48:58,133 Some believe the authorities are intentionally going after 1052 00:48:58,235 --> 00:48:59,734 Chapo's enemies. 1053 00:48:59,836 --> 00:49:02,270 Either way, Chapo finally takes control 1054 00:49:02,372 --> 00:49:05,707 of the Tijuana territory he's coveted for years. 1055 00:49:05,776 --> 00:49:08,376 - The Sinaloa cartel fought a very, very vicious war 1056 00:49:08,478 --> 00:49:10,412 against the Tijuana cartel. 1057 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:11,947 Really beat them. 1058 00:49:12,049 --> 00:49:14,049 Bloodied them into near-submission. 1059 00:49:14,151 --> 00:49:15,917 narrator: And that's just the start. 1060 00:49:16,019 --> 00:49:18,119 Looking to expand his power, 1061 00:49:18,221 --> 00:49:21,189 Chapo goes after the Gulf cartel in the east. 1062 00:49:21,291 --> 00:49:22,724 - I think it's a business calculation. 1063 00:49:22,826 --> 00:49:24,326 He probably saw the risks and said, 1064 00:49:24,394 --> 00:49:30,699 "Okay, I'll lose some people, but we're gonna gain this turf." 1065 00:49:30,767 --> 00:49:32,834 narrator: Chapo's team of hit men move in, 1066 00:49:32,936 --> 00:49:34,736 but they're met by the Zetas, 1067 00:49:34,838 --> 00:49:38,073 the Gulf cartel's army of mercenaries. 1068 00:49:38,175 --> 00:49:40,108 - Chapo Guzman sent gang members, 1069 00:49:40,210 --> 00:49:41,876 guys with tattoos and shaved heads, 1070 00:49:41,945 --> 00:49:44,045 to try and take this territory, 1071 00:49:44,114 --> 00:49:47,515 but the Zetas reacted with extreme violence 1072 00:49:47,584 --> 00:49:52,354 and they changed the nature of the fighting in Mexico. 1073 00:49:52,456 --> 00:49:54,122 narrator: Many of Chapo's men are taken down 1074 00:49:54,224 --> 00:49:57,125 in this ongoing battle against the Zetas. 1075 00:49:57,227 --> 00:50:00,095 Meanwhile, Chapo is still hungry for Texas 1076 00:50:00,197 --> 00:50:03,231 and sets his sights on the Juarez cartel, 1077 00:50:03,300 --> 00:50:04,633 the gatekeepers of El Paso. 1078 00:50:04,735 --> 00:50:06,868 [dramatic orchestral music] 1079 00:50:06,937 --> 00:50:09,638 Over the next five years, the narco wars reach 1080 00:50:09,740 --> 00:50:12,607 an unprecedented level of violence. 1081 00:50:12,709 --> 00:50:16,811 - You never saw that kind of pictures before the war-- 1082 00:50:16,913 --> 00:50:18,980 people without head, 1083 00:50:19,082 --> 00:50:21,850 people hanged in public places-- 1084 00:50:21,918 --> 00:50:23,785 I mean, horrible things. 1085 00:50:23,887 --> 00:50:25,387 narrator: In Juarez alone, 1086 00:50:25,489 --> 00:50:28,490 there are reportedly an average of eight murders a day-- 1087 00:50:28,558 --> 00:50:32,527 a death toll that will one day reach 11,000. 1088 00:50:32,629 --> 00:50:37,666 And in the entire country, that number will top 100,000. 1089 00:50:37,734 --> 00:50:40,602 - The slaughter was just wholesale, 1090 00:50:40,704 --> 00:50:44,339 and the blood was running into the drainage systems there 1091 00:50:44,441 --> 00:50:46,675 in Juarez at that time. 1092 00:50:46,743 --> 00:50:48,743 - [speaking Spanish] 1093 00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:53,014 - [speaking Spanish] 1094 00:50:58,889 --> 00:51:02,257 narrator: By the late 2000s, Chapo's forces dominate 1095 00:51:02,359 --> 00:51:05,393 in the fight against the Juarez cartel. 1096 00:51:05,462 --> 00:51:07,495 Seizing control of the Texas border, 1097 00:51:07,564 --> 00:51:10,265 Chapo makes a savvy business decision. 1098 00:51:10,367 --> 00:51:13,835 - Anticipating legalization of marijuana in certain states, 1099 00:51:13,904 --> 00:51:19,974 they shifted to production of heroin and methamphetamine. 1100 00:51:20,077 --> 00:51:24,746 That ability to pivot, to sense changes in the market, 1101 00:51:24,815 --> 00:51:27,916 to be nimble and quick and adroit, 1102 00:51:27,984 --> 00:51:30,351 is what truly distinguishes the Sinaloa cartel 1103 00:51:30,454 --> 00:51:33,655 from all of the other cartels. 1104 00:51:33,724 --> 00:51:38,226 - The Sinaloa cartel brings heroin into the United States, 1105 00:51:38,328 --> 00:51:42,697 through Texas, up Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois, 1106 00:51:42,799 --> 00:51:45,100 and to Chicago. 1107 00:51:45,168 --> 00:51:47,936 narrator: Chicago is one of Chapo's main hubs 1108 00:51:48,004 --> 00:51:49,804 where drugs can be distributed 1109 00:51:49,906 --> 00:51:53,508 to almost any part of the country in a matter of days. 1110 00:51:53,610 --> 00:51:55,677 - You got two international airports, 1111 00:51:55,779 --> 00:51:59,881 you got a really large train network, 1112 00:51:59,983 --> 00:52:03,518 you got eight interstate highways that intersect here, 1113 00:52:03,620 --> 00:52:06,821 and you have the third largest Mexican-American population 1114 00:52:06,890 --> 00:52:08,857 in the country. 1115 00:52:08,959 --> 00:52:10,558 ¶ ¶ 1116 00:52:10,627 --> 00:52:13,128 narrator: Chapo entrusts the Chicago operation 1117 00:52:13,230 --> 00:52:16,364 to a family with ties to the Golden Triangle. 1118 00:52:16,433 --> 00:52:20,635 - The Sinaloa cartel was very savvy in establishing 1119 00:52:20,704 --> 00:52:23,338 a bulkhead, essentially, in Chicago 1120 00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:27,375 through two Mexican-American twin brothers, 1121 00:52:27,444 --> 00:52:30,378 Margarito and Pedro Flores. 1122 00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:33,581 - They decided to become really, 1123 00:52:33,683 --> 00:52:35,683 really sophisticated drug traffickers, 1124 00:52:35,786 --> 00:52:38,319 and they-- they were. 1125 00:52:38,421 --> 00:52:41,723 - It's alleged that those two twin brothers alone brought 1126 00:52:41,792 --> 00:52:47,695 $2 billion worth of narcotics and drugs into the Chicago area. 1127 00:52:47,798 --> 00:52:49,097 ¶ ¶ 1128 00:52:49,199 --> 00:52:51,199 narrator: The effects are startling. 1129 00:52:51,301 --> 00:52:54,335 Over the next ten years, violence and murder rates 1130 00:52:54,437 --> 00:52:57,105 in Chicago's south side skyrocket, 1131 00:52:57,207 --> 00:53:00,308 as gangbangers selling Chapo's drugs kill 1132 00:53:00,410 --> 00:53:02,243 to protect their turf. 1133 00:53:02,345 --> 00:53:03,545 [siren wailing] 1134 00:53:03,613 --> 00:53:05,480 Meanwhile, the Sinaloa cartel's 1135 00:53:05,582 --> 00:53:07,916 highly addictive black tar heroin 1136 00:53:08,018 --> 00:53:11,286 is causing an extraordinary number of overdoses. 1137 00:53:11,388 --> 00:53:13,321 - Addiction is incredibly prevalent. 1138 00:53:13,423 --> 00:53:16,658 You got people who are seizing on the misery. 1139 00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:18,426 Right? If there's money to be made, 1140 00:53:18,495 --> 00:53:20,261 people are taking advantage of it. 1141 00:53:20,330 --> 00:53:22,530 narrator: Realizing the scope of the problem, 1142 00:53:22,599 --> 00:53:26,434 Chicago authorities will soon declare El Chapo 1143 00:53:26,503 --> 00:53:28,570 "public enemy number one." 1144 00:53:28,672 --> 00:53:32,974 - The last time we did that was with Al Capone, 1145 00:53:33,043 --> 00:53:37,545 and Capone is a minor figure in the world of crime 1146 00:53:37,647 --> 00:53:40,281 compared to Chapo Guzman. 1147 00:53:40,383 --> 00:53:43,885 - Al Capone killed people who were in the game. 1148 00:53:43,954 --> 00:53:48,323 This drug is killing our kids. 1149 00:53:48,391 --> 00:53:50,592 - Enough is enough. 1150 00:53:50,660 --> 00:53:52,026 This man has got to be caught. 1151 00:53:58,735 --> 00:54:00,735 [intense electronic music] 1152 00:54:00,837 --> 00:54:02,703 narrator: 2007. 1153 00:54:02,805 --> 00:54:04,839 Fugitive kingpin Chapo Guzman 1154 00:54:04,941 --> 00:54:08,042 is one of the most wanted men in America. 1155 00:54:08,144 --> 00:54:10,211 As the main supplier of marijuana, 1156 00:54:10,313 --> 00:54:15,049 cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin into the United States, 1157 00:54:15,151 --> 00:54:18,953 he's built his drug trafficking business into an empire. 1158 00:54:19,055 --> 00:54:23,891 An estimated 150,000 people work for Chapo's Sinaloa cartel 1159 00:54:23,993 --> 00:54:27,962 in 50 countries around the world, including the U.S. 1160 00:54:28,064 --> 00:54:30,665 - It's an illegal enterprise, but he's a CEO. 1161 00:54:30,767 --> 00:54:33,367 - I've never seen a criminal entity 1162 00:54:33,469 --> 00:54:38,072 this powerful, this wealthy, this vicious. 1163 00:54:38,174 --> 00:54:41,976 narrator: El Chapo has become so big that "Forbes" magazine 1164 00:54:42,078 --> 00:54:45,146 will soon list him as one of the elite billionaires 1165 00:54:45,248 --> 00:54:47,815 and most powerful people in the world. 1166 00:54:47,917 --> 00:54:50,318 - The big news there is that we put on 1167 00:54:50,420 --> 00:54:52,053 a drug trafficker, 1168 00:54:52,155 --> 00:54:56,390 and his name is Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera. 1169 00:54:56,492 --> 00:54:59,927 He is not available for interviews because 1170 00:55:00,029 --> 00:55:02,563 he's on the run. 1171 00:55:02,665 --> 00:55:07,201 - The Sinaloa cartel has the most diversified 1172 00:55:07,303 --> 00:55:11,906 money-laundering portfolio of any organized crime network 1173 00:55:12,008 --> 00:55:13,341 in the world. 1174 00:55:13,443 --> 00:55:15,843 They do commodities trading. 1175 00:55:15,945 --> 00:55:16,844 They buy gold. 1176 00:55:16,946 --> 00:55:17,845 They buy diamonds. 1177 00:55:17,947 --> 00:55:19,814 They have daycare centers. 1178 00:55:19,916 --> 00:55:21,782 They have shopping centers. 1179 00:55:21,884 --> 00:55:25,853 You know, they have horse farms, agricultural farms, 1180 00:55:25,955 --> 00:55:27,822 and a lot of banks. 1181 00:55:27,924 --> 00:55:30,257 [mellow piano music] 1182 00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:32,126 narrator: An international criminal, 1183 00:55:32,228 --> 00:55:34,295 Chapo has grown larger than life, 1184 00:55:34,397 --> 00:55:38,432 making him even more of a folk hero back home in Culiacan. 1185 00:55:38,534 --> 00:55:43,971 - Chapo Guzman is a Robin Hood to the people of Mexico, 1186 00:55:44,073 --> 00:55:46,073 particularly the poor people. 1187 00:55:46,175 --> 00:55:49,143 - [speaking Spanish] 1188 00:55:53,049 --> 00:55:55,683 - He has built churches, soccer fields-- 1189 00:55:55,785 --> 00:55:59,520 he has provided low-income housing for individuals. 1190 00:55:59,622 --> 00:56:01,389 narrator: A mythical fugitive, 1191 00:56:01,491 --> 00:56:04,825 Chapo is even said to come out of hiding every so often. 1192 00:56:04,927 --> 00:56:08,896 - He has, on occasion, been known to enter a restaurant 1193 00:56:08,998 --> 00:56:10,464 with all of his bodyguards, 1194 00:56:10,566 --> 00:56:13,067 demand that all of the patrons 1195 00:56:13,169 --> 00:56:14,802 in that restaurant enjoying their meals 1196 00:56:14,904 --> 00:56:16,337 surrender their cell phones. 1197 00:56:16,439 --> 00:56:19,407 - In walks Chapo and has a quiet meal 1198 00:56:19,509 --> 00:56:22,176 and, you know, will at least respectfully pay your bar tab 1199 00:56:22,278 --> 00:56:23,444 for the inconvenience. 1200 00:56:23,546 --> 00:56:25,913 ¶ ¶ 1201 00:56:26,015 --> 00:56:28,382 narrator: In January 2007, 1202 00:56:28,484 --> 00:56:31,018 Chapo arranges to go to an annual festival 1203 00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:33,254 in a neighboring village. 1204 00:56:33,356 --> 00:56:35,289 Security is tight. 1205 00:56:35,391 --> 00:56:40,294 Allegedly, 200 henchmen toting AK-47s close down roads 1206 00:56:40,396 --> 00:56:42,329 to protect their boss. 1207 00:56:42,432 --> 00:56:45,833 There, he meets up with 17-year-old Emma Coronel, 1208 00:56:45,935 --> 00:56:48,669 the pageant queen of the fair. 1209 00:56:49,872 --> 00:56:52,840 - [speaking Spanish] 1210 00:57:00,783 --> 00:57:03,384 narrator: Chapo is known as a ladies man. 1211 00:57:03,486 --> 00:57:05,252 He's been married at least twice before 1212 00:57:05,354 --> 00:57:08,622 and is said to have at least ten children. 1213 00:57:08,725 --> 00:57:10,891 His courtship with Emma is swift, 1214 00:57:10,993 --> 00:57:13,994 and within a year, on her 18th birthday, 1215 00:57:14,097 --> 00:57:17,598 she becomes the 53-year-old crime boss' next wife. 1216 00:57:17,700 --> 00:57:20,501 ¶ ¶ 1217 00:57:20,603 --> 00:57:23,637 - Emma, she was almost a child 1218 00:57:23,740 --> 00:57:26,674 when she get married with El Chapo Guzman. 1219 00:57:26,776 --> 00:57:30,010 She looks very innocent and pure. 1220 00:57:30,113 --> 00:57:33,481 narrator: Many believe Emma and Chapo's union is arranged 1221 00:57:33,583 --> 00:57:35,850 to strength a family alliance. 1222 00:57:35,952 --> 00:57:37,718 Although Emma denies the claims, 1223 00:57:37,820 --> 00:57:39,854 her uncle is said to be murdered drug lord 1224 00:57:39,956 --> 00:57:41,822 Ignacio Coronel-- 1225 00:57:41,924 --> 00:57:45,459 infamous for building Sinaloa's mega meth labs. 1226 00:57:45,561 --> 00:57:50,431 - Emma Coronel has grown up in the drug trade. 1227 00:57:50,533 --> 00:57:53,701 Her father was a lieutenant under Chapo. 1228 00:57:53,803 --> 00:57:56,470 Her brother is incarcerated 1229 00:57:56,572 --> 00:57:59,240 on drug trafficking charges. 1230 00:57:59,342 --> 00:58:00,941 narrator: But American-born Emma 1231 00:58:01,043 --> 00:58:04,211 says her husband is not the dangerous kingpin 1232 00:58:04,313 --> 00:58:06,313 the world has made him out to be. 1233 00:58:19,061 --> 00:58:22,763 - Chapo Guzman, like most drug traffickers, 1234 00:58:22,865 --> 00:58:25,466 will take a life without flinching, 1235 00:58:25,568 --> 00:58:28,102 but when it comes to their families-- 1236 00:58:28,204 --> 00:58:29,570 they adore their families, 1237 00:58:29,672 --> 00:58:31,338 and they will protect their families. 1238 00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:32,973 ¶ ¶ 1239 00:58:33,075 --> 00:58:37,645 narrator: But as El Chapo continues to expand his empire, 1240 00:58:37,747 --> 00:58:41,849 it's family that threatens to tear it apart. 1241 00:58:41,951 --> 00:58:45,886 For years, Chapo's cousins, the Beltran Leyvas, 1242 00:58:45,988 --> 00:58:49,790 have worked the Arizona border for the Sinaloa cartel. 1243 00:58:49,892 --> 00:58:52,960 It's a relationship that dates all the way back to when Chapo 1244 00:58:53,062 --> 00:58:55,095 first got into the drug game. 1245 00:58:55,198 --> 00:58:57,698 As a young teenager, the Beltran Leyvas 1246 00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:00,734 helped him grow marijuana. 1247 00:59:00,837 --> 00:59:02,770 Nearly 40 years later, 1248 00:59:02,872 --> 00:59:06,574 greed and jealousy unravel the alliance. 1249 00:59:06,676 --> 00:59:08,843 In January 2008, 1250 00:59:08,945 --> 00:59:12,513 the Beltran Leyvas allegedly start moving loads to the U.S. 1251 00:59:12,615 --> 00:59:17,151 behind Chapo's back, undermining his authority. 1252 00:59:17,253 --> 00:59:19,053 - The Beltran Leyva brothers-- 1253 00:59:19,155 --> 00:59:23,624 they were controlling as much dope and as much territory 1254 00:59:23,726 --> 00:59:24,658 as Chapo Guzman. 1255 00:59:24,760 --> 00:59:26,927 - The betrayals start 1256 00:59:27,029 --> 00:59:31,198 when the business became bigger, 1257 00:59:31,300 --> 00:59:35,603 so the cake was really good 1258 00:59:35,705 --> 00:59:39,573 and you don't want to share the cake anymore. 1259 00:59:39,675 --> 00:59:42,209 - It seems like, for Chapo Guzman to consolidate 1260 00:59:42,311 --> 00:59:43,944 his power in the cartel, 1261 00:59:44,046 --> 00:59:47,748 it was necessary to confront the Beltra Leyva brothers. 1262 00:59:49,552 --> 00:59:52,553 [helicopter blades whirring] 1263 00:59:52,655 --> 00:59:55,389 [dramatic orchestral music] 1264 00:59:55,491 --> 00:59:58,292 narrator: Chapo Guzman takes it to the next level 1265 00:59:58,394 --> 01:00:00,561 when he reportedly informs on his cousin, 1266 01:00:00,663 --> 01:00:02,796 Alfredo Beltran Leyva, 1267 01:00:02,899 --> 01:00:05,466 sending the police to nab him. 1268 01:00:05,568 --> 01:00:08,369 The Beltran Leyvas accuse Chapo of treason 1269 01:00:08,471 --> 01:00:10,971 and viciously retaliate. 1270 01:00:11,073 --> 01:00:15,109 - Chapo Guzman's son, Edgar Guzman, 1271 01:00:15,211 --> 01:00:17,177 who was a college student, 1272 01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:23,517 was gunned down and murdered in Culiacan, Sinaloa. 1273 01:00:23,619 --> 01:00:27,821 narrator: The death of his son rocks Chapo Guzman to the core. 1274 01:00:27,924 --> 01:00:29,857 - It became a very personal battle 1275 01:00:29,959 --> 01:00:33,494 between Beltran Leyva and Chapo Guzman. 1276 01:00:33,596 --> 01:00:35,696 narrator: And now a family feud escalates 1277 01:00:35,798 --> 01:00:38,098 into an all-out war 1278 01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:42,870 as Chapo's henchmen carry out retaliation killings. 1279 01:00:42,972 --> 01:00:44,605 - When Edgar Guzman was murdered, 1280 01:00:44,707 --> 01:00:47,174 the people of Sinaloa knew the bloodshed 1281 01:00:47,276 --> 01:00:49,977 after that would be immense. 1282 01:00:50,079 --> 01:00:51,912 And there were shoot-outs happening right near 1283 01:00:52,014 --> 01:00:53,447 the central square. 1284 01:00:53,549 --> 01:00:56,517 - [speaking Spanish] 1285 01:00:58,721 --> 01:01:02,523 - [speaking Spanish] 1286 01:01:02,625 --> 01:01:04,992 - They carried on this crazy tit-for-tat against 1287 01:01:05,094 --> 01:01:07,161 the people of Beltran Leyvas, 1288 01:01:07,263 --> 01:01:09,596 particularly Arturo Beltran Leyva. 1289 01:01:09,699 --> 01:01:11,298 [gunshots firing] 1290 01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:12,900 narrator: After hundreds of deaths in Sinaloa, 1291 01:01:13,002 --> 01:01:16,704 the war comes to a head in December of 2009 1292 01:01:16,806 --> 01:01:19,406 when an informant tips off the Mexican marines 1293 01:01:19,508 --> 01:01:23,243 to the whereabouts of Arturo Beltran Leyva. 1294 01:01:23,346 --> 01:01:27,982 - The Mexican marines stormed an apartment building 1295 01:01:28,084 --> 01:01:30,884 and shot dead Arturo Beltran Leyva 1296 01:01:30,987 --> 01:01:33,053 and some of his cohorts. 1297 01:01:35,524 --> 01:01:37,624 narrator: The Sinaloa cartel fractures, 1298 01:01:37,727 --> 01:01:39,893 and members are forced to pledge allegiance 1299 01:01:39,996 --> 01:01:42,029 to either Chapo and his men 1300 01:01:42,131 --> 01:01:44,832 or the remaining Beltran Leyva brothers. 1301 01:01:44,934 --> 01:01:46,200 - It's like a divorce. 1302 01:01:46,302 --> 01:01:50,304 You don't know if you go with your mother or father. 1303 01:01:50,406 --> 01:01:51,438 ¶ ¶ 1304 01:01:51,540 --> 01:01:53,007 - It started becoming a free-for-all 1305 01:01:53,109 --> 01:01:56,043 and a very, very bloody place. 1306 01:01:56,145 --> 01:01:58,912 narrator: During the war, wholesale drug traffickers, 1307 01:01:59,015 --> 01:02:01,215 like the Flores brothers from Chicago, 1308 01:02:01,317 --> 01:02:03,984 had found themselves caught in the crossfire. 1309 01:02:04,086 --> 01:02:09,256 - When drug cartels leave piles of severed heads 1310 01:02:09,358 --> 01:02:10,791 in the center of a town, 1311 01:02:10,893 --> 01:02:13,694 when they leave bodies hanging from bridges, 1312 01:02:13,796 --> 01:02:16,630 they're sending different messages to different people. 1313 01:02:16,732 --> 01:02:20,134 - The Flores brothers were in a really, really hard place. 1314 01:02:20,236 --> 01:02:21,935 They were working with Chapo Guzman 1315 01:02:22,038 --> 01:02:23,537 on the one hand, and they were working 1316 01:02:23,639 --> 01:02:26,306 with Arturo Beltran Leyva on the other, 1317 01:02:26,409 --> 01:02:30,077 and they've been given ultimatums from each side 1318 01:02:30,179 --> 01:02:35,015 that they were to do business with that side or nobody at all 1319 01:02:35,117 --> 01:02:37,885 and that was a no-win proposition for them. 1320 01:02:37,987 --> 01:02:39,186 narrator: The Flores brothers 1321 01:02:39,288 --> 01:02:41,655 decide to take the only out they can-- 1322 01:02:41,757 --> 01:02:43,957 to gain protection from U.S. authorities 1323 01:02:44,060 --> 01:02:45,626 by becoming informants. 1324 01:02:45,728 --> 01:02:47,628 ¶ ¶ 1325 01:02:48,798 --> 01:02:50,631 ¶ ¶ 1326 01:02:50,733 --> 01:02:52,966 - The Flores brothers, collectively, were moving 1327 01:02:53,069 --> 01:02:57,805 between 1,500 and 2,000 kilos a month from Chicago. 1328 01:02:57,907 --> 01:02:59,907 It was jaw-dropping. 1329 01:03:00,009 --> 01:03:01,642 That's a lot of dope. 1330 01:03:01,744 --> 01:03:03,210 narrator: It doesn't take them long 1331 01:03:03,312 --> 01:03:06,613 to get Chapo to discuss the price of a heroin shipment 1332 01:03:06,715 --> 01:03:09,616 on a recorded line. 1333 01:03:09,718 --> 01:03:13,287 - When that voice ID came in, and we knew we had him, 1334 01:03:13,389 --> 01:03:15,389 the DEA and I did a little backflip. 1335 01:03:15,491 --> 01:03:19,927 We had the world's most wanted criminal on tape. 1336 01:03:20,029 --> 01:03:21,495 narrator: With the list of indictments 1337 01:03:21,597 --> 01:03:23,497 against Chapo and his cartel growing 1338 01:03:23,599 --> 01:03:26,834 since they first came down in 1994, 1339 01:03:26,936 --> 01:03:30,270 prosecutors now have evidence to build an even stronger case 1340 01:03:30,372 --> 01:03:34,408 against the drug lord in the United States. 1341 01:03:34,510 --> 01:03:36,910 But Chapo, who's been underground 1342 01:03:37,012 --> 01:03:39,980 since escaping prison seven years ago, 1343 01:03:40,082 --> 01:03:43,484 is still at large, and he's even more elusive than ever. 1344 01:03:55,164 --> 01:03:57,998 - It was very difficult to capture Chapo Guzman 1345 01:03:58,100 --> 01:03:59,766 in those mountains 1346 01:03:59,869 --> 01:04:03,904 because if these people saw any unusual movement, 1347 01:04:04,006 --> 01:04:06,540 Chapo Guzman would know within minutes. 1348 01:04:06,642 --> 01:04:08,642 - When you arrive in Sinaloa, 1349 01:04:08,744 --> 01:04:12,880 there's a clear network of informants going on there. 1350 01:04:12,982 --> 01:04:14,214 There are people at the airport 1351 01:04:14,316 --> 01:04:16,316 who are documenting who's coming in. 1352 01:04:16,418 --> 01:04:21,321 - He had a very large security apparatus, 1353 01:04:21,423 --> 01:04:24,625 hundreds of bodyguards in concentric circles 1354 01:04:24,727 --> 01:04:28,428 throughout the Golden Triangle. 1355 01:04:28,531 --> 01:04:32,065 - We attempted to capture him twice. 1356 01:04:33,669 --> 01:04:37,838 Chapo Guzman and his men, about 40 or 50 of them, 1357 01:04:37,940 --> 01:04:40,774 jumped into these all-terrain vehicles 1358 01:04:40,876 --> 01:04:43,744 and scattered like cockroaches, 1359 01:04:43,846 --> 01:04:48,115 so, you know, you didn't know which one was Chapo Guzman. 1360 01:04:48,217 --> 01:04:50,117 narrator: That's as close as authorities will get 1361 01:04:50,219 --> 01:04:55,289 to El Chapo for another five years. 1362 01:04:55,391 --> 01:04:57,524 Finally, in 2014, 1363 01:04:57,626 --> 01:05:00,060 with the U.S. pressuring the Mexican government 1364 01:05:00,162 --> 01:05:03,230 to capture the world's most wanted criminal, 1365 01:05:03,332 --> 01:05:05,799 they get a break. 1366 01:05:05,901 --> 01:05:07,568 Intelligence operatives learn 1367 01:05:07,670 --> 01:05:10,571 the Sinaloa boss has come down from the mountains 1368 01:05:10,673 --> 01:05:15,509 and is rotating among six safe houses in Culiacan. 1369 01:05:15,611 --> 01:05:20,013 - Here's a man who's worth over $1 billion. 1370 01:05:20,115 --> 01:05:22,482 He's got a beauty queen wife 1371 01:05:22,585 --> 01:05:25,852 who's 32 years younger than he is. 1372 01:05:25,955 --> 01:05:27,487 She wants to go to restaurants. 1373 01:05:27,590 --> 01:05:29,556 She wants to go shopping. 1374 01:05:29,658 --> 01:05:33,126 So he goes to Culiacan. 1375 01:05:33,229 --> 01:05:36,330 Mistake number one. 1376 01:05:36,432 --> 01:05:39,533 narrator: U.S. and Mexican forces surround the city, 1377 01:05:39,635 --> 01:05:43,303 ready to take down the fugitive once and for all. 1378 01:05:53,250 --> 01:05:55,650 narrator: For 13 long years, 1379 01:05:55,752 --> 01:05:58,953 U.S. and Mexican authorities have been trying to track down 1380 01:05:59,022 --> 01:06:03,358 one of the most notorious criminals of the 21st century. 1381 01:06:03,460 --> 01:06:06,160 Chicago's "public enemy number one." 1382 01:06:06,263 --> 01:06:11,232 Drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera. 1383 01:06:11,334 --> 01:06:13,568 After a series of near misses, 1384 01:06:13,637 --> 01:06:17,205 a joint special ops task force has El Chapo in its sights 1385 01:06:17,274 --> 01:06:21,042 at one of his safe houses in Culiacan. 1386 01:06:21,111 --> 01:06:25,613 On February 16th, 2014, the mission begins. 1387 01:06:25,715 --> 01:06:28,449 ¶ ¶ 1388 01:06:28,552 --> 01:06:33,021 - When the marines raided a house in Culiacan, 1389 01:06:33,089 --> 01:06:36,925 the doors had steel bars. 1390 01:06:36,993 --> 01:06:39,561 They were completely reinforced. 1391 01:06:39,629 --> 01:06:42,297 narrator: It reportedly takes the marines ten minutes 1392 01:06:42,365 --> 01:06:44,532 to penetrate the compound. 1393 01:06:44,634 --> 01:06:46,568 - By that time, Chapo Guzman, 1394 01:06:46,636 --> 01:06:51,072 using the bath tub with hydraulic lifts, 1395 01:06:51,174 --> 01:06:57,045 had gone down into the drainage system of the city and escaped. 1396 01:06:58,715 --> 01:07:01,082 narrator: Chapo gets away yet again, 1397 01:07:01,184 --> 01:07:04,886 but for his trackers, not all is lost. 1398 01:07:04,988 --> 01:07:06,788 One of his lieutenants is captured 1399 01:07:06,890 --> 01:07:08,756 and he tips off authorities, 1400 01:07:08,858 --> 01:07:10,658 leading U.S. and Mexican forces 1401 01:07:10,727 --> 01:07:13,695 to the beachfront resort of Mazatlan. 1402 01:07:13,797 --> 01:07:17,732 - We knew he was there because of telephone conversations, 1403 01:07:17,801 --> 01:07:20,902 and then some of his "sicarios," or confidants, 1404 01:07:21,004 --> 01:07:23,304 provided information. 1405 01:07:23,406 --> 01:07:25,740 narrator: Authorities then intercept a text message 1406 01:07:25,809 --> 01:07:28,977 pinpointing El Chapo's exact location. 1407 01:07:31,247 --> 01:07:34,649 On February 22nd, 2014, 1408 01:07:34,718 --> 01:07:37,385 just after 6:00 on a Saturday morning, 1409 01:07:37,487 --> 01:07:39,954 they make their move. 1410 01:07:40,056 --> 01:07:44,626 - So the marines go to this condominium complex 1411 01:07:44,694 --> 01:07:48,596 called Miramar. 1412 01:07:48,698 --> 01:07:50,231 They kicked down the door. 1413 01:07:50,333 --> 01:07:55,303 - He was there with his wife, Emma Coronel, their daughters-- 1414 01:07:55,405 --> 01:07:57,872 El Chapo was caught completely unawares. 1415 01:08:06,249 --> 01:08:10,084 - Chapo Guzman has an AK-47 right next to his bed, 1416 01:08:10,153 --> 01:08:13,154 and he looks at it but then thinks twice 1417 01:08:13,256 --> 01:08:14,455 'cause he knew that, you know, 1418 01:08:14,524 --> 01:08:17,592 he would die before he even touched the AK-47. 1419 01:08:25,235 --> 01:08:27,135 - Emma Coronel started yelling at the marines, 1420 01:08:27,237 --> 01:08:28,503 "Don't kill him. Don't kill him. 1421 01:08:28,605 --> 01:08:30,338 He's my husband." 1422 01:08:30,407 --> 01:08:34,509 narrator: Within minutes, Operation Gargoyle is over. 1423 01:08:34,611 --> 01:08:36,277 - No shots were fired. 1424 01:08:36,379 --> 01:08:37,412 Nobody was injured. 1425 01:08:44,521 --> 01:08:49,090 narrator: After more than 4,700 days on the run, 1426 01:08:49,192 --> 01:08:55,329 El Chapo has finally been caught. 1427 01:08:55,398 --> 01:08:58,633 [indistinct shouting] 1428 01:08:58,735 --> 01:09:01,669 - [speaking Spanish] 1429 01:09:09,379 --> 01:09:10,845 narrator: Taken into custody, 1430 01:09:10,947 --> 01:09:14,582 Chapo makes a startling admission. 1431 01:09:14,684 --> 01:09:17,785 - El Chapo Guzman told the Mexican marines 1432 01:09:17,854 --> 01:09:19,854 that he himself was directly responsible 1433 01:09:19,956 --> 01:09:23,257 for the murders of 2,000 to 3,000 Mexican citizens. 1434 01:09:23,359 --> 01:09:25,426 [blades whirring] 1435 01:09:25,495 --> 01:09:28,096 narrator: El Chapo is sent to Altiplano Prison, 1436 01:09:28,198 --> 01:09:31,666 Mexico's only supermax facility. 1437 01:09:31,768 --> 01:09:33,968 It's said to be escape-proof. 1438 01:09:34,037 --> 01:09:35,970 For U.S. and Mexican authorities, 1439 01:09:36,039 --> 01:09:38,239 it's a sweet victory. 1440 01:09:38,308 --> 01:09:41,509 - The first time he got caught in 2014 1441 01:09:41,578 --> 01:09:44,912 was probably the best day I've had on this job in 30 years. 1442 01:09:47,383 --> 01:09:50,618 narrator: But not everyone is happy. 1443 01:09:50,720 --> 01:09:53,054 - When El Chapo Guzman was arrested, 1444 01:09:53,123 --> 01:09:57,725 it was not met with cheers or celebrations in Sinaloa State. 1445 01:09:57,827 --> 01:10:00,895 It was met with great sadness. 1446 01:10:00,997 --> 01:10:03,564 narrator: Masses take to the street in protest. 1447 01:10:03,666 --> 01:10:05,700 [people chanting in Spanish] 1448 01:10:05,802 --> 01:10:08,102 narrator: They demand the return of their hero-- 1449 01:10:08,204 --> 01:10:11,472 a man who rose to be one of the world's elite billionaires 1450 01:10:11,574 --> 01:10:14,408 with only a third-grade education. 1451 01:10:14,477 --> 01:10:17,478 - [speaking Spanish] 1452 01:10:22,752 --> 01:10:24,519 - And they're demanding his release 1453 01:10:24,621 --> 01:10:27,188 because he is seen as a folk hero of sorts. 1454 01:10:27,290 --> 01:10:29,323 ¶ ¶ 1455 01:10:29,425 --> 01:10:32,293 narrator: Charged with multiple counts of cocaine trafficking, 1456 01:10:32,362 --> 01:10:36,230 El Chapo could face up to 400 years behind bars, 1457 01:10:36,332 --> 01:10:40,034 but the master of escape has no intention of serving his time. 1458 01:10:40,103 --> 01:10:46,174 - He started to plan his escape almost immediately. 1459 01:10:46,276 --> 01:10:48,376 narrator: Using his far-reaching power, 1460 01:10:48,478 --> 01:10:51,445 Chapo enlists an elite team of German engineers 1461 01:10:51,548 --> 01:10:55,750 to help design the perfect escape route. 1462 01:10:55,819 --> 01:10:59,153 His team sets up shop in Santa Juanita 1463 01:10:59,255 --> 01:11:00,822 to begin construction 1464 01:11:00,924 --> 01:11:04,225 on Chapo's most remarkable tunnel to date. 1465 01:11:04,327 --> 01:11:05,960 - They bought a piece of property 1466 01:11:06,062 --> 01:11:08,563 about a mile away from the penitentiary, 1467 01:11:08,631 --> 01:11:13,701 and they built a rustic cinder block house, 1468 01:11:13,803 --> 01:11:17,271 and that's when they started to build the tunnel. 1469 01:11:17,373 --> 01:11:19,440 narrator: Over the next 16 months, 1470 01:11:19,542 --> 01:11:24,145 over 350 truckloads of sand and dirt are hauled away 1471 01:11:24,247 --> 01:11:28,316 as the team methodically digs towards Chapo's cell. 1472 01:11:28,418 --> 01:11:31,452 It's said prison blueprints guide the way. 1473 01:11:31,554 --> 01:11:33,721 - They had to have the floor plans. 1474 01:11:33,823 --> 01:11:38,726 Why? Because they needed to know where the waterlines were. 1475 01:11:38,795 --> 01:11:42,196 They needed to know where the electrical lines were. 1476 01:11:42,265 --> 01:11:46,701 They also used sophisticated surveying equipment, 1477 01:11:46,803 --> 01:11:49,837 and it's a system that shoots out a laser. 1478 01:11:49,906 --> 01:11:54,108 With this equipment, they can tunnel 2 or 3 miles 1479 01:11:54,177 --> 01:11:57,278 and have a variance of maybe 6 to 8 inches, 1480 01:11:57,347 --> 01:12:01,549 and that's why they were able to pinpoint Chapo Guzman's cell 1481 01:12:01,618 --> 01:12:05,119 right into the shower. 1482 01:12:05,221 --> 01:12:08,789 narrator: And then, on July 15th, 2015, 1483 01:12:08,892 --> 01:12:11,826 El Chapo Guzman makes that epic escape, 1484 01:12:11,895 --> 01:12:14,695 vanishing out of his cell and into thin air. 1485 01:12:18,434 --> 01:12:20,301 narrator: Setting an international manhunt 1486 01:12:20,403 --> 01:12:22,436 into motion. 1487 01:12:22,505 --> 01:12:25,673 Chapo is out and on the loose. 1488 01:12:25,775 --> 01:12:27,775 - He is like a cat. 1489 01:12:27,877 --> 01:12:29,043 He has many lives. 1490 01:12:35,718 --> 01:12:37,017 male reporter: The latest tonight 1491 01:12:37,119 --> 01:12:38,819 on the drug kingpin El Chapo, 1492 01:12:38,921 --> 01:12:43,858 who remains one of the most wanted men in the world. 1493 01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:46,527 narrator: July 2015. 1494 01:12:46,629 --> 01:12:49,296 Notorious narco kingpin El Chapo, 1495 01:12:49,398 --> 01:12:52,399 whose Sinaloa cartel is the leading trafficker of drugs 1496 01:12:52,502 --> 01:12:54,335 into the United States, 1497 01:12:54,437 --> 01:12:58,205 makes international headlines with his daring escape 1498 01:12:58,307 --> 01:13:00,674 out of Mexico's maximum-security prison, 1499 01:13:00,776 --> 01:13:01,809 Altiplano. 1500 01:13:01,911 --> 01:13:04,578 - We're here today to voice 1501 01:13:04,680 --> 01:13:07,047 our extreme displeasure 1502 01:13:07,149 --> 01:13:09,717 at the Mexican authorities 1503 01:13:09,819 --> 01:13:13,754 for the escape of one of the most dangerous criminals 1504 01:13:13,856 --> 01:13:17,124 in the world. 1505 01:13:17,226 --> 01:13:19,960 narrator: The tunnel escape is signature Chapo, 1506 01:13:20,062 --> 01:13:24,131 complete with a motorcycle that runs a mile on rails. 1507 01:13:24,233 --> 01:13:26,567 - I expected nothing less. 1508 01:13:26,669 --> 01:13:28,335 That's just his style. 1509 01:13:28,437 --> 01:13:31,005 Tunnel was perfect. 1510 01:13:31,107 --> 01:13:34,308 narrator: Like his first prison escape back in 2001, 1511 01:13:34,410 --> 01:13:38,746 he's had help from the inside. 1512 01:13:38,848 --> 01:13:41,882 Prison officials ignored motion sensor alarms 1513 01:13:41,984 --> 01:13:43,817 and the sound of jackhammers. 1514 01:13:43,920 --> 01:13:46,887 [motored equipment clacking and whirring] 1515 01:13:49,425 --> 01:13:50,624 - My reaction was, 1516 01:13:50,726 --> 01:13:51,725 how do you build a tunnel, 1517 01:13:51,827 --> 01:13:54,028 which is a pretty loud venture, 1518 01:13:54,130 --> 01:13:56,897 up into a prison without, you know, 1519 01:13:56,999 --> 01:13:58,832 the prison officials knowing? 1520 01:13:58,935 --> 01:14:01,936 - El Chapo did not escape because there blind spots. 1521 01:14:02,038 --> 01:14:03,337 He escaped because some people 1522 01:14:03,439 --> 01:14:06,206 on this spot decided to be blind. 1523 01:14:06,309 --> 01:14:07,975 narrator: Publicly humiliated, 1524 01:14:08,077 --> 01:14:12,713 authorities launch the largest manhunt in Mexico's history. 1525 01:14:12,815 --> 01:14:15,749 Six months and several near-misses later, 1526 01:14:15,851 --> 01:14:19,019 the chase comes to a head in the seaside town of Los Mochis. 1527 01:14:21,023 --> 01:14:24,658 On January 8th, 2016, 1528 01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:26,894 Mexican marines raid that safe house 1529 01:14:26,996 --> 01:14:28,562 where Chapo and his men are hiding. 1530 01:14:28,664 --> 01:14:30,798 - [speaking Spanish] 1531 01:14:31,834 --> 01:14:34,802 [gunshots firing] 1532 01:14:38,007 --> 01:14:40,341 narrator: But at some point during the hour-long gun battle 1533 01:14:40,443 --> 01:14:42,176 that leaves five people dead, 1534 01:14:42,278 --> 01:14:45,112 Chapo and his top lieutenant escape. 1535 01:14:45,214 --> 01:14:47,815 They flee into a secret passage beneath the house 1536 01:14:47,917 --> 01:14:52,686 and follow a tunnel that leads to the sewer system. 1537 01:14:52,788 --> 01:14:56,290 - There was a dramatic rain storm. 1538 01:14:56,392 --> 01:14:58,826 - The water level in the sewers started rising. 1539 01:14:58,928 --> 01:15:03,030 - El Chapo Guzman found himself up to his neck in human waste. 1540 01:15:03,132 --> 01:15:07,067 and was forced to pop out about half a mile away 1541 01:15:07,169 --> 01:15:09,470 in the middle of the street through a manhole cover. 1542 01:15:09,572 --> 01:15:13,340 We now know he was with one of his most prized lieutenants, 1543 01:15:13,442 --> 01:15:15,142 Ivan El Cholo. 1544 01:15:15,244 --> 01:15:17,478 They hijacked a Volkswagen. 1545 01:15:17,580 --> 01:15:19,446 narrator: The getaway is all caught on camera 1546 01:15:19,548 --> 01:15:23,117 in this footage released by the Mexican government. 1547 01:15:23,219 --> 01:15:24,652 But they only get a few blocks 1548 01:15:24,754 --> 01:15:27,454 before smoke starts pouring out of the car. 1549 01:15:27,556 --> 01:15:30,991 - He gets one of the worst cars in Los Mochis 1550 01:15:31,093 --> 01:15:34,595 that breaks down, you know, just a few hundred feet 1551 01:15:34,697 --> 01:15:36,697 from where he commandeered it. 1552 01:15:36,799 --> 01:15:39,767 And Chapo Guzman has got to be thinking, 1553 01:15:39,869 --> 01:15:42,670 "This is the worst day of my life." 1554 01:15:42,772 --> 01:15:45,105 narrator: The men hurry to hijack a second car-- 1555 01:15:45,207 --> 01:15:47,508 a red Ford Focus. 1556 01:15:47,610 --> 01:15:51,345 Then they take off heading south down highway 15. 1557 01:15:51,447 --> 01:15:55,516 - Calls were coming in to the local emergency control center 1558 01:15:55,618 --> 01:15:57,317 about these carjackings. 1559 01:15:57,420 --> 01:15:59,053 By this time, many people had seen 1560 01:15:59,155 --> 01:16:01,789 federal Mexican marines spreading throughout the city, 1561 01:16:01,891 --> 01:16:05,059 heard the gunfire, knew that some sort of military operation 1562 01:16:05,161 --> 01:16:07,161 was underway. 1563 01:16:07,263 --> 01:16:09,630 narrator: As heavily armed troops surround the area, 1564 01:16:09,732 --> 01:16:13,534 a lookout notice for the two carjackers goes wide. 1565 01:16:13,636 --> 01:16:17,438 - Local police officers went to investigate 1566 01:16:17,540 --> 01:16:20,274 these two carjackings 1567 01:16:20,376 --> 01:16:25,779 and found the Ford Focus on the back of a flatbed truck. 1568 01:16:25,881 --> 01:16:27,715 ¶ ¶ 1569 01:16:27,817 --> 01:16:29,249 They also found 1570 01:16:29,351 --> 01:16:34,688 El Chapo Guzman and Cholo Ivan in that car. 1571 01:16:34,790 --> 01:16:37,524 narrator: The cops take Chapo and his man into custody, 1572 01:16:37,626 --> 01:16:40,194 not realizing that they have detained 1573 01:16:40,296 --> 01:16:43,731 the most wanted criminal in the world. 1574 01:16:43,833 --> 01:16:47,868 - I have been advised that El Chapo Guzman 1575 01:16:47,970 --> 01:16:51,205 was threatening those local police officers. 1576 01:16:51,307 --> 01:16:54,475 He told them, "You must know who I am. 1577 01:16:54,577 --> 01:16:56,176 You know how much money I have." 1578 01:16:56,278 --> 01:16:58,412 narrator: Allegedly, El Chapo offers the police 1579 01:16:58,514 --> 01:17:01,482 a life-changing bribe to look the other way. 1580 01:17:01,584 --> 01:17:04,284 - "And if you don't accept my generous offer, 1581 01:17:04,386 --> 01:17:07,154 "I'm not only going to kill you, I'm going to kill your wife, 1582 01:17:07,256 --> 01:17:10,424 and I'm gonna torture, rape, and kill your daughters." 1583 01:17:10,526 --> 01:17:12,793 narrator: The police reportedly get a tip 1584 01:17:12,895 --> 01:17:14,695 that dozens of cartel assassins 1585 01:17:14,797 --> 01:17:17,297 are en route to free their boss, 1586 01:17:17,399 --> 01:17:19,733 so they hide El Chapo and El Cholo 1587 01:17:19,835 --> 01:17:21,935 in the first place they can find. 1588 01:17:22,037 --> 01:17:25,072 - They took both individuals, El Chapo and Cholo Ivan, 1589 01:17:25,174 --> 01:17:26,473 to a sex motel, 1590 01:17:26,575 --> 01:17:28,208 where they could drive a car in 1591 01:17:28,310 --> 01:17:31,745 and the garage door behind them would close. 1592 01:17:31,847 --> 01:17:34,448 narrator: In a room with a satin bedspread, 1593 01:17:34,550 --> 01:17:37,284 eight hours since escaping the marine firefight, 1594 01:17:37,386 --> 01:17:40,587 Chapo sits quietly, handcuffed. 1595 01:17:40,689 --> 01:17:42,322 It could all be over in an instant 1596 01:17:42,424 --> 01:17:44,658 if his hit men swarm the motel. 1597 01:17:44,760 --> 01:17:49,163 But the marines get there first. 1598 01:17:49,265 --> 01:17:52,132 - Luckily, the Mexican marines arrived, 1599 01:17:52,234 --> 01:17:55,602 figured out what was happening, secured the situation. 1600 01:17:55,704 --> 01:17:57,137 narrator: The fugitive drug lord's 1601 01:17:57,239 --> 01:18:00,607 six months on the lam are over. 1602 01:18:00,709 --> 01:18:02,276 ¶ ¶ 1603 01:18:02,378 --> 01:18:04,378 One of the officers takes a cell phone video 1604 01:18:04,480 --> 01:18:06,613 to capture the moment. 1605 01:18:06,715 --> 01:18:09,950 - Those pictures being broadcast around the world 1606 01:18:10,052 --> 01:18:13,720 tell the world that he ran for a long time, 1607 01:18:13,823 --> 01:18:15,322 he's escaped before, 1608 01:18:15,424 --> 01:18:18,358 but here is a defeated person, 1609 01:18:18,460 --> 01:18:20,227 and that should do something, 1610 01:18:20,329 --> 01:18:24,932 hopefully, to chip away at his folk hero status. 1611 01:18:25,034 --> 01:18:26,967 narrator: The myth has ended. 1612 01:18:27,069 --> 01:18:30,103 El Chapo has fallen. 1613 01:18:41,049 --> 01:18:43,383 - One of the most wanted and feared men in the world 1614 01:18:43,485 --> 01:18:45,151 has been captured again, 1615 01:18:45,220 --> 01:18:51,491 six months after his escape from a maximum-security prison. 1616 01:18:51,593 --> 01:18:54,661 narrator: January 8th, 2016. 1617 01:18:54,763 --> 01:18:57,530 After 181 days on the run, 1618 01:18:57,632 --> 01:19:02,368 Joaquin Guzman Loera has been recaptured in Mexico. 1619 01:19:02,471 --> 01:19:04,971 America's most wanted criminal, 1620 01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:07,774 the man responsible for flooding U.S. streets 1621 01:19:07,843 --> 01:19:10,343 with an endless supply of narcotics, 1622 01:19:10,445 --> 01:19:14,747 is paraded in front of the world. 1623 01:19:14,850 --> 01:19:18,051 El Chapo is loaded onto a helicopter 1624 01:19:18,119 --> 01:19:20,320 and flown back to Altiplano, 1625 01:19:20,388 --> 01:19:24,491 the same prison he escaped from just six months earlier. 1626 01:19:24,593 --> 01:19:27,560 ¶ ¶ 1627 01:19:27,662 --> 01:19:31,397 President Enrique Pena Nieto tweets a message 1628 01:19:31,500 --> 01:19:34,234 that resounds across the globe-- 1629 01:19:34,302 --> 01:19:38,738 "Mission accomplished: we have him." 1630 01:19:38,840 --> 01:19:41,274 - This is a significant achievement for Mexico 1631 01:19:41,376 --> 01:19:43,676 and a major step forward in our shared fight against 1632 01:19:43,745 --> 01:19:47,247 transnational organized crime, violence, and drug trafficking. 1633 01:19:47,349 --> 01:19:49,782 - This is an incredibly important arrest. 1634 01:19:49,851 --> 01:19:53,119 It sends a incredibly strong message to narco-traffickers 1635 01:19:53,188 --> 01:19:55,054 or would-be narco-traffickers around the world 1636 01:19:55,156 --> 01:19:58,091 that a multi-national coalition of nation states 1637 01:19:58,193 --> 01:20:01,995 will not tolerate your brutality and your viciousness. 1638 01:20:02,097 --> 01:20:04,063 ¶ ¶ 1639 01:20:06,835 --> 01:20:09,502 narrator: Meanwhile, federal courts across the U.S. 1640 01:20:09,571 --> 01:20:11,070 are waiting to get their chance 1641 01:20:11,172 --> 01:20:14,007 to prosecute the world's top drug lord. 1642 01:20:14,109 --> 01:20:17,610 - If you look at everywhere from New York to San Diego, 1643 01:20:17,712 --> 01:20:19,379 Chicago to Texas, 1644 01:20:19,481 --> 01:20:20,580 Phoenix to Miami, 1645 01:20:20,649 --> 01:20:22,148 there literally is probably not 1646 01:20:22,250 --> 01:20:24,317 a single community in the United States 1647 01:20:24,419 --> 01:20:25,618 that was not impacted 1648 01:20:25,720 --> 01:20:28,988 by the trafficking of the Sinaloa organization. 1649 01:20:29,090 --> 01:20:33,192 ¶ ¶ 1650 01:20:33,295 --> 01:20:38,264 - El Chapo Guzman faces seven different federal indictments, 1651 01:20:38,366 --> 01:20:41,834 issued by seven different Federal Grand Juries, 1652 01:20:41,903 --> 01:20:44,537 for crimes involving narco-trafficking, 1653 01:20:44,639 --> 01:20:47,240 money laundering, and murder. 1654 01:20:47,342 --> 01:20:50,376 - When Chapo Guzman finally goes on trial, 1655 01:20:50,445 --> 01:20:52,946 ideally, I think in the United States, 1656 01:20:53,048 --> 01:20:56,649 it'll be amazing what we find out if he talks. 1657 01:20:56,718 --> 01:20:59,285 narrator: The list of those who have financially benefited 1658 01:20:59,354 --> 01:21:02,555 from El Chapo is long and distinguished: 1659 01:21:02,624 --> 01:21:04,123 police, 1660 01:21:04,225 --> 01:21:05,792 politicians, 1661 01:21:05,894 --> 01:21:07,560 business leaders, 1662 01:21:07,629 --> 01:21:11,631 people on both sides of the border. 1663 01:21:11,733 --> 01:21:12,932 - I have every reason to believe 1664 01:21:13,001 --> 01:21:16,169 that he will be extradited to the United States 1665 01:21:16,271 --> 01:21:17,770 and that he will be convicted 1666 01:21:17,872 --> 01:21:23,176 and that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. 1667 01:21:23,278 --> 01:21:26,179 - The notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman 1668 01:21:26,247 --> 01:21:28,247 has been moved to a new prison this morning, 1669 01:21:28,350 --> 01:21:32,285 and it's just across the border from El Paso, Texas. 1670 01:21:32,354 --> 01:21:35,154 narrator: May 8th, 2016. 1671 01:21:35,256 --> 01:21:38,391 A Mexican federal judge rules in favor of extradition 1672 01:21:38,493 --> 01:21:40,727 to the United States. 1673 01:21:40,795 --> 01:21:43,162 Hours later, in the middle of the night, 1674 01:21:43,264 --> 01:21:46,532 Chapo is secretly moved from Altiplano supermax 1675 01:21:46,601 --> 01:21:49,836 to a new prison in Juarez near the U.S. border. 1676 01:21:49,938 --> 01:21:54,307 Authorities say it's for security reasons. 1677 01:21:54,409 --> 01:21:56,943 Others fear this transfer could increase his chances 1678 01:21:57,045 --> 01:21:58,544 for another escape, 1679 01:21:58,613 --> 01:22:01,648 especially since Juarez is largely controlled 1680 01:22:01,750 --> 01:22:04,150 by Chapo's Sinaloa cartel. 1681 01:22:04,252 --> 01:22:07,186 - I would be willing to bet that he has escape plans 1682 01:22:07,255 --> 01:22:09,155 from every prison in Mexico. 1683 01:22:09,257 --> 01:22:12,025 - The prison system is as full of the corruption 1684 01:22:12,127 --> 01:22:15,962 and intimidation as it was before his last escape. 1685 01:22:16,064 --> 01:22:19,298 Nothing fundamental has changed. 1686 01:22:19,401 --> 01:22:23,069 It's a race between extradition or a new escape. 1687 01:22:23,138 --> 01:22:25,004 My guess is that the Mexican authorities 1688 01:22:25,106 --> 01:22:28,041 are really, really afraid that he might escape again. 1689 01:22:30,478 --> 01:22:33,179 narrator: While the drug lord's future hangs in the balance, 1690 01:22:33,248 --> 01:22:37,684 no matter how Joaquin Guzman Loera's personal story ends, 1691 01:22:37,786 --> 01:22:40,920 it's not clear that anything will ever change. 1692 01:22:41,022 --> 01:22:43,790 - Let's be honest-- if Mr. Guzman is incarcerated, 1693 01:22:43,858 --> 01:22:46,359 is the Sinaloa cartel gonna stop running narcotics 1694 01:22:46,461 --> 01:22:47,527 into the U.S.? 1695 01:22:47,595 --> 01:22:48,995 The answer's no. 1696 01:22:49,097 --> 01:22:50,530 - Search warrant! We've got a search warrant! 1697 01:22:50,598 --> 01:22:53,366 - It still remains the most powerful, 1698 01:22:53,468 --> 01:22:55,702 the most vicious, the wealthiest, 1699 01:22:55,770 --> 01:22:58,204 and the scariest narco-trafficking organization 1700 01:22:58,306 --> 01:22:59,806 around the globe. 1701 01:22:59,874 --> 01:23:04,644 - The Sinaloa cartel is like an NFL football team 1702 01:23:04,746 --> 01:23:08,281 that is very strong and they have a strong bench, 1703 01:23:08,383 --> 01:23:11,317 so even if the quarterback gets injured, 1704 01:23:11,419 --> 01:23:14,320 there's another strong quarterback that can come in 1705 01:23:14,389 --> 01:23:15,521 and run the team. 1706 01:23:15,590 --> 01:23:17,290 [car sirens blaring and honking] 1707 01:23:17,392 --> 01:23:20,893 - As long as we have the consumers here in America 1708 01:23:20,995 --> 01:23:23,496 spending $100 billion every year 1709 01:23:23,598 --> 01:23:28,568 on cocaine, crystal meth, marijuana, and heroin, 1710 01:23:28,670 --> 01:23:33,673 we're gonna have people in Mexico trafficking drugs. 1711 01:23:33,775 --> 01:23:37,176 narrator: And so, even as the legend of El Chapo lives on, 1712 01:23:37,278 --> 01:23:39,011 there's always another kid 1713 01:23:39,114 --> 01:23:41,848 in another dusty village in the Golden Triangle 1714 01:23:41,950 --> 01:23:44,283 just waiting to make his mark. 1715 01:23:44,385 --> 01:23:46,319 In the words of El Chapo himself... 1716 01:23:46,387 --> 01:23:47,353 [gunshots firing] 1717 01:23:47,455 --> 01:23:53,275 "This will never end."