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Urgent: Mexican drug lord escaped from prison through tunnel

Xinhua, July 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

Mexico's drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped from prison through a tunnel of more than 1.5 km long under his cell, authorities said Sunday.

Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, disappeared from the maximum-security Altiplano prison outside of Mexico City Saturday night, according to the National Security Commission. Endi