![A soldier keeps watch outside a warehouse containing a tunnel, connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, in Almoloya de Juarez A soldier keeps watch outside a warehouse containing a tunnel, connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, July 14 , 2015. Mexican authorities must have colluded with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to enable the country's top drug lord to escape from a maximum security prison at the weekend, Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said on Monday. Guzman sparked a massive manhunt after escaping from Altiplano prison on Saturday night in a mile-long underground tunnel that led from his cell into a deserted building, dealing a bitter blow for President Enrique Pena Nieto. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/el-chapo-tunnel007.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![MEXICO-CRIME-DRUGS-GUZMAN-ESCAPE View of the cell in the Almoloya prison where Joaquin Guzman Loera "El Chapo Guzman" was and from which he escaped through a tunnel, on July 15, 2015 in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico. Mexico's government released a video Tuesday showing the moment that Guzman goes into his prison cell's shower before disappearing. AFP PHOTO/ ALFREDO ESTRELLAALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/el-chapo-tunnel001.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A view of drug lord Guzman's cell inside the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary, where he escaped from, in Almoloya de Juarez A view of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's cell inside the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary, where he escaped from, in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, July 15, 2015. U.S. law enforcement officials met with agents of the Mexican attorney general's office this week to share information related to the escape from prison of Guzman and coordinate efforts to apprehend him, a Mexican government official said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/el-chapo-tunnel002.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![MEXICO-CRIME-DRUGS-GUZMAN-ESCAPE View of the shower in the Almoloya prison where Joaquin Guzman Loera "El Chapo Guzman" was and from which he escaped through a tunnel, on July 15, 2015 in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico. Mexico's government released a video Tuesday showing the moment that Guzman goes into his prison cell's shower before disappearing. AFP PHOTO/ ALFREDO ESTRELLAALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/el-chapo-tunnel003.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Mexico Drug Lord Escapes A motorcycle adapted to a rail is seen under the half-built house where drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman made his escape through a tunnel from the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. A widespread manhunt that included highway checkpoints, stepped up border security and closure of an international airport failed to turn up any trace of "El Chapo" Guzman by Monday, more than 24 hours after he escaped through an underground tunnel in his prison cell. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/el-chapo-tunnel004.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Mexico Drug Lord Escapes A journalist climbs a ladder to get out of the tunnel that according to authorities, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman used to escape from the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. A widespread manhunt that included highway checkpoints, stepped up border security and closure of an international airport failed to turn up any trace of Guzman after he escaped through an underground tunnel in his prison cell on Saturday night. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/el-chapo-tunnel005.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The entrance of a tunnel connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Guzman to escape, is seen in Almoloya de Juarez The entrance of a tunnel connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, is seen in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, July 15, 2015. U.S. law enforcement officials met with agents of the Mexican attorney general's office this week to share information related to the escape from prison of Guzman and coordinate efforts to apprehend him, a Mexican government official said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/el-chapo-tunnel006.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A soldier keeps watch outside a warehouse containing a tunnel, connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, in Almoloya de Juarez A soldier keeps watch outside a warehouse containing a tunnel, connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, July 14 , 2015. Mexican authorities must have colluded with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to enable the country's top drug lord to escape from a maximum security prison at the weekend, Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said on Monday. Guzman sparked a massive manhunt after escaping from Altiplano prison on Saturday night in a mile-long underground tunnel that led from his cell into a deserted building, dealing a bitter blow for President Enrique Pena Nieto. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/el-chapo-tunnel007.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![MEXICO-ALMOLOYA DE JUAREZ-DURG-GUZMAN-PRISON-ESCAPED 16 Jul 2015 --- (150715) -- ALMOLOYA DE JUAREZ, July 15, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Image taken on July 14, 2015 by a drone shows the view of the alleged house where a tunnel was built in which Mexico's drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped from prison, in Almoloya de Juarez township, State of Mexico, Mexico. Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, disappeared from the maximum-security Altiplano prison outside of Mexico City Saturday night, according to the National Security Commission. (Xinhua/Mario Vazquez/MV --- Image by © Mario Vazquez/MVT/Xinhua Press/Corbis](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/el-chapo-tunnel008.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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