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Mexican President says drug kingpin El Chapo has been caught

Natasha BertrandJan 9, 2016, 00:02 IST

Drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera, aka "El Chapo" or "Shorty," has been caught, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Twitter on Friday.

The tweet translates to: "Mission accomplished. We have him. I want to let the Mexican people know that Joaquin Guzman Loera has been detained."

El Chapo escaped from a Mexican prison through an underground tunnel over the summer.

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