Lucio R.Borderland Beat
The recapture of Chapo occurred in an operation by the Mexican Navy (Marina) after receiving a tip, (one version of the story) The citizen tip was not that El Chapo was at the site, but that “armed men” were.
The Marina had knowledge that Orso Iván Gastélum Cruz was at the scene, and may have been captured with Chapo, the man in the photo above looks like him, but other reports have him escaping yet once again.
Gastelum is the Sinaloa leader for northern Sinaloa region.
El Chapo was rumored to be in Los Mochis, in hiding in since the search operation flush him out of the Golden Triangle.
Elements of the Marina immediately came under gun fire by Chapo’s men as they moved in to the location of the capo.
In the balance of the shootout 5 of Chapo’s men were killed, and 6 arrested. On the side of the Marina they are reporting one injury.
Residents are reporting that Chapo tried to escape through the sewer system.
Video below is of Chapo's transfer from Los Mochis
Video below is of Chapo's transfer from Los Mochis
Seized in the capture (El Debate photo at left) were 4 vehicles, two of them armored, guns including two .50-caliber sniper guns and a 40mm rocket launcher .
The re-capture comes 5 months after Chapo escaped Altiplano Prison via a “Chapo tunnel”.
President Pena tweeted out “Mission Accomplished!”
Evidently the DEA was once again working in cooperation with Mexico in the re-capture.
The DEA administration congratulates EPN for the recapture of El Chapo, the Sinaloa Cartel premier leader Joaquin Guzman Loera " This is a great day for justice and for Mexico and the US government in combating drug trafficking " , said the announcement.
The DEA stated: the re-arrest of El Chapo “exhibited once again that bilateral cooperation against drug trafficking yields results " .
Los Mochis residents began posting on facebook at around AM of hearing gunshots in la Colonia Scally and Las Palmas
The agency said more details will follow about the recapture, and PGR tweeted that there will be a press conference at 2:30
