Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman used tunnel for prison break

Mexican boss Joaquin Guzman, called El Chapo or "Shorty", used AN elaborate tunnel to interrupt out of a most security jail, officers say.

His escape route from Altiplano jail was quite one.5km (1 mile) long and had ventilation and stairs, the national security commissioner aforesaid.

Eighteen guards ar being questioned.

Guzman was last seen within the showers of the jail on Saturday. it absolutely was the second time he had free from a high security jail.

In 2001 he poor out by concealment during a hamper when bribing jail officers.

He had been serving a sentence of quite twenty years when being inactive in Central American nation in 1993.

His recapture in 2014 was hailed as a ending for Mexico's government.