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Notorious Mexican drug lord escapes high security prison
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped a maximum security prison through a long tunnel discovered under his cell.
A nationwide manhunt is underway and a 60 million pesos (£2.4m) reward for information leading to the capture of the drug-runner has been posted.
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CCTV of moment 'El Chapo' walked out of his jail cell
£2.4m reward offered for capture of 'El Chapo'
Mexican prison and government authorities must have colluded with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman so that he could escape from a maximum security prison at the weekend, a key minister has said.
Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong also insisted there would be "no rest" for El Chapo. offered a 60 million pesos (£2.4m) reward for information leading to the capture of the drug-runner.
The governor of the jail from where Guzman escaped has also been sacked, officials said.
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