--- description: The Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped a high-security prison on July 11 via a mile-long tunnel from his shower title: See the Path El Chapo Used to Get Out of Prison image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63c0def63e32dcae/69885b2ce20a87edd8a8c518/el-chapo-tunnel007.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the Path El Chapo Used to Get Out of Prison by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2015 5:01 PM CUT  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, Mexico, on July 14, 2015. 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, Mexico, on July 14, 2015.Edgard Garrido—Reuters by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 16, 2015 5:01 PM CUT  The outside of the cell in the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary where Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped from, in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, on July 15, 2015 . Alfredo Estrella—AFP/Getty Images  A view of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's cell inside the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary, where he escaped from, in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, on July 15, 2015. Edgard Garrido—Reuters  The shower from which Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped through a tunnel, in Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, on July 15, 2015. Alfredo Estrella—AFP/Getty Images  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 in Almoloya, Mexico, on July 14, 2015. Eduardo Verdugo—AP  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, Mexico, on July 14, 2015. Eduardo Verdugo—AP  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, Mexico, on July 15, 2015. Edgard Garrido—Reuters  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, Mexico, on July 14, 2015. Edgard Garrido—Reuters  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, on July 14, 2015. Mario Vazquez—MVT/Xinhua Press/Corbis ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3961061/el-chapo-path-prison-escape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3961061/el-chapo-path-prison-escape/"},"headline":"See the Path El Chapo Used to Get Out of Prison","datePublished":"2015-07-16T17:01:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:27.164Z","description":"The Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped a high-security prison on July 11 via a mile-long tunnel from his shower to a nearby field. 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