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Drug lord El Chapo has been captured!

9 January 2016
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The kingpin had been on the run since absconding from jail six months ago.

The news of his re-arrest was broken by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto who tweeted: “Mission accomplished: we got him.”

It has been reported that El Chapo, born Joaquin Guzman, was seized after a shoot-out with Mexican marines near his home state in north Mexico.

Chapo broke free from jail for a second time (he escaped from prison in 2001 and was re-arrested in 2014) in July resulting in a worldwide manhunt.

He escaped the maximum-security jail via a 1.5km (mile) long tunnel dug in the showers.

The US government had offered a $5million reward for any information that lead to his capture.

The 57-year-old is the leader of the Sinaloa cartel who have been responsible for smuggling cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines into the US.

He is reportedly worth $1bn.