Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. A senior U.S. law enforcement official said Saturday, that Guzman, the head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, was captured alive overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan. Guzman faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. and is on the Drug Enforcement Administration's most-wanted list. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

How Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, one of the world’s most wanted men, escaped from prison — again

The Greatest Escape, par Bill Whitaker à 60 minutes

By now, you’ve probably heard of one of the greatest prison breaks of all time. It happened last July. Joaquin Guzman, known by his Spanish nickname, “El Chapo” or Shorty, is one of the most notorious and violent drug lords in the world. He was a high-value captive, he had broken out of prison before. This time, he was locked away in a maximum security penitentiary, the tightest prison in Mexico.

And yet he got away — and even more stunning — he did so through a mile-long escape tunnel that opened up right into his shower stall, the only corner of his tiny cell security cameras couldn’t see.