First Images of Notorious Drug Kingpin El Chapo after his Arrest

Saturday, January 9, 2016

First Images of Notorious Drug Kingpin El Chapo after his Arrest

Notorious drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera has been recaptured six months after his elaborate escape from a Mexican maximum security prison.

Mexican officials say they caught the drug kingpin after a shootout with Mexican marines in the kingpin's home state in Los Mochis, Mexico.

Five cartel gangsters were reportedly killed in the gun battle and 6 others arrested. One marine

sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The shootout went down at a home, where authorities seized a vast arsenal of weapons including rocket launchers, machine guns and armored vehicles. El Chapo had earlier escaped from a nearby house which came under fire from marines as the net closed on the cartel leader, Mexican officials revealed.

Mexican police say the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Marshals aided in El Chapo's recapture. It is not yet clear whether El Chapo will be extradited to the US, but he was seen being bundled on to a plane by security officials on Friday afternoon.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto wrote on his Twitter account on Friday: 'Mission accomplished: We have him.'

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. Photos are all below.