How El Chapo's narcissism led to his capture: Fugitive drug lord was nabbed after contacting actors to make Narcos-style BIOPIC about his rags-to-riches life... as he returns to jail he escaped from
- Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera was apprehended in a pre-dawn raid on a motel in Los Mochis, Mexico
- He was tracked down after he contacted producers and actors to make a Narcos-style biopic of his own life
- Hideout was around 1,300 miles from the jail he escaped from in July last year after fleeing through a tunnel
- El Chapo fled from police through a sewer but was caught and arrested still wearing filthy vest he escaped in
- Five cartel gangsters were killed and six others arrested in the raid, which also left a Mexican marine injured
- Vast arsenal of weapons including rocket launchers, machine guns and armored vehicles was seized
- US drug enforcement officials and US Marshals helped capture El Chapo and his right-hand man El Cholo
- The drug lord had been on the run since July, when he staged a daring escape from Mexico's most secure prison
- Incredibly, he was sent back to Altiplano jail overnight after being bundled into a helicopter by Mexican soldiers
- El Chapo is also wanted in the U.S. for several drug trafficking charges but it is not clear if he will be extradited
Published: 04:58 GMT, 9 January 2016 | Updated: 13:29 GMT, 9 January 2016
Notorious drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's has been returned to the same prison he escaped from six months ago because he wanted to make a film about his life, according to Mexico's attorney general.
The cartel leader's narcissism appears to have been his downfall after he began the process of making a biopic, similar to that of Netflix's popular Narcos show on the life of infamous Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, following his escape from the Altiplano jail last July.
El Chapo, which means 'the short one' in Spanish, had even started to contact producers and actresses through intermediaries to tell his 'rags to riches' story, which was what tipped off the authorities to his whereabouts.
He was arrested on Friday after a 4am raid on a house in the town of Los Mochis, located in the kingpin's home state of Sinaloa, which saw him once again escape from the clutches of police.
The cartel leader and an accomplice fled from agents through a filthy sewer, before emerging into the street where they stole cars and took off. But authorities were able to catch up with them and the cartel leader was brought back to a nearby hotel while police waited for back up, Gómez said.
In a picture of his arrest at the hotel, El Chapo is stood still wearing the dirty vest, which showed off several fresh scratches on his arms after his sewer escape.
Despite tunneling out of the maximum security facility in July, Mexican marines returned him to the Altiplano jail earlier today.
Washington, which requested his extradition last June before his escape from jail, is almost certain to seek extradition since his recapture. The drugs lord faces at least seven indictments in the United States.
U.S. Department of Justice spokesman Peter Carr told CNN: 'I can confirm that it is the practice of the United States to seek extradition whenever defendants subject to U.S. charges are apprehended in another country.'
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Notorious drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman has been sent back to the same prison he escaped from six months ago. Pictured, soldiers - showing their faces in full sight - march the drug lord to the Mexican attorney general's hangar at an air base in New Mexico
Despite tunneling out of the maximum security facility in July, Mexican marines were set to drop off the cartel leader at the Altiplano jail overnight
Got him! Notorious drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera has been recaptured six months since he escaped from Mexico's most secure prison
El Chapo showed little emotion as he was dragged across the runway in front of dozens of Press and government officials
The drug kingpin, who was wearing a blue tracksuit, was marched into the Mexican attorney general's office before being taken to jail
El Chapo was escorted into a helicopter by Mexican marines - who had their faces covered - who will take him to the prison he escaped from back in July 2015
A handcuffed El Chapo was led into the helicopter by marines as he was taken back to jail after six months on the run from the law
Journalists took pictures of the captured drug lord as he was paraded at a federal air base near New Mexico on Friday evening
Military action: El Chapo was apprehended in an early morning raid in the town of Los Mochis, in the drug kingpin's home state of Sinaloa and 1,300 miles away from the jail he escaped from
'El Chapo' Guzman paraded in front of the media after capture
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Five cartel gangsters were killed and another six were arrested in the raid, while one Mexican marine sustained non-life-threatening injuries. A vast arsenal of weapons was seized, including rocket launchers, machine guns and armored vehicles.
The raid also ended in the capture of El Chapo's right-hand man 'El Cholo', a hitman who was also on the run from the law.
El Chapo was later marched from a military vehicle by three soldiers - showing their faces in full sight - to the Mexican attorney general's hangar at an airbase in New Mexico.
After being briefly paraded in front of journalists, El Chapo was bundled into a helicopter by Mexican marines - who had their faces covered - and set off towards the prison near Toluca.
