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New footage of El Chapo’s first hours in captivity reveals notorious drug lord insisting his cartel would not rescue him out of prison

Nypost · · 522 words · By Adry Torres
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New footage of El Chapo’s first hours in captivity reveals notorious drug lord insisting his cartel would not rescue him out of prison See more of our coverage in your search results.

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New footage of El Chapo’s first hours in captivity reveals notorious drug lord insisting his cartel would not rescue him out of prison See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Newly released footage shows the first hours of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s captivity — including the notorious drug lord washing his face, being questioned by Mexican authorities and insisting his cartel would not launch a…

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Mexican newspaper El Universal published four edited videos showing Guzmán shortly after he and his bodyguard, Orso Iván “El Cholo Iván” Gastelum, were captured after emerging from a manhole in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, on Jan.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the cops brought El Chapo and Gastelum to a hotel while waiting for backup to arrive before transporting them to a military hangar in Mexico City.”
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Multiple sources confirm the sequence of events: they were taken to a hotel (described by The Guardian as a 'sex motel') before being transported to a military hangar in Mexico City.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Operation Black Swan was a joint U.S. and Mexican-led military operation that resulted in the recapture of the Sinaloa Cartel leader, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, following a deadly firefight in the cit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_recapture_of_El_Chapo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article lists events occurring in Mexico during 2025. The list also contains names of the incumbents at federal and state levels and cultural and entertainment activities of the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_Mexico
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sinaloa War is an ongoing internal armed conflict within the Sinaloa Cartel, centered in northwestern Mexico. The conflict began on 9 September 2024, following the transfer of Ismael "El Mayo" Zam…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infighting_in_the_Sinaloa_Cart…
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Claim 2: “cartel members set roadblocks, burned vehicles and carried out a war-like assault to secure the release of his son [on Oct. 17, 2019]”
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Multiple independent sources (Wikipedia, Metro News, and other web results) confirm that on October 17, 2019, cartel members used roadblocks and burned vehicles in Culiacán to secure the release of Ovidio Guzmán.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sinaloa War is an ongoing internal armed conflict within the Sinaloa Cartel, centered in northwestern Mexico. The conflict began on 9 September 2024, following the transfer of Ismael "El Mayo" Zam…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infighting_in_the_Sinaloa_Cart…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ovidio Guzmán López (born 29 March 1990) is a Mexican former drug lord and high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in the state of Sinaloa. He is the son of the drug lord Joa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovidio_Guzmán_López
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sinaloa Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Sinaloa) is a large and powerful drug trafficking transnational organized crime syndicate based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, that specializes in illegal drug tr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa_Cartel
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Claim 3: “El Chapo was extradited to US on Jan. 19, 2017”
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Three independent sources (Univision, Daily Mail, and a general web search result) explicitly confirm the extradition date of January 19, 2017.
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web search NEUTRAL — Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been extradited to the US, the Mexican government announced on Thursday. He arrived in New York on a flight from Ciudad Juarez.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38686379
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web search NEUTRAL — Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was extradited from Mexico to the United States, Jan 19, 2017.Since he was arrested in January, 'El Chapo's' defense attorneys had fought in the Mexican courts to avoid his e…
https://www.univision.com/univision-news/united-states/mexic…
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web search NEUTRAL — Handout picture released by the Mexican Interior Ministry on January 20, 2017, shows Joaquin Guzman Loera aka 'El Chapo' Guzman (C) being escorted by US Drug Enforcement (DEA) personal as he is extrad…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-4138418/Mexican-drug-…
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Claim 4: “Ovidio Guzmán López was briefly detained at his home in Culiacán, Sinaloa as part of a US extradition request before then-Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ordered his release.”
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Multiple sources confirm Ovidio Guzmán was detained in Culiacán and subsequently released on the orders of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to avoid further violence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrés Manuel López Beltrán (born 21 August 1986) is a Mexican politician, representing the Morena political party. He is the second son of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who was president of Mexico fro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrés_Manuel_López_Beltrán
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Spanish: [anˈdɾes maˈnwel ˈlopes oβɾaˈðoɾ] ; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, and writer who s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrés_Manuel_López_Obrador
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrés Manuel López Obrador's tenure as the President of Mexico began with his inauguration on 1 December 2018, and ended on 30 September 2024. López Obrador, a member of the National Regeneration Mov…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Andrés_Manuel_Ló…
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Claim 5: “was convicted by a federal court in Brooklyn on Feb. 12, 2019.”
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Multiple sources confirm that El Chapo was convicted by a federal court in Brooklyn on February 12, 2019.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of gr…
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/1678220/guilty-…
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web search NEUTRAL — February 12, 2019 The Associated Press. Emma Coronel Aispuro, center, wife of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, arrives to federal court in New York, Tuesday, Feb.
https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2019/02/12/notorious-mexi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been convicted of drug-trafficking charges at a trial in New York.The 12 jurors had begun deliberating in federal court in Brooklyn on February 4th.
https://www.irishtimes.com/ /news/world/us/el-chapo-gu…
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Claim 6: “Once in Mexico City, El Chapo was grilled by the military and admitted to “dedicating myself to growing marijuana, trafficking since I was young, but not stealing,” according to the footage.”
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While the general context of the capture is verified, the specific quote about 'dedicating myself to growing marijuana... but not stealing' is not found in the provided evidence snippets, although the existence of the footage is mentioned in Claim 0. No independent corroboration of this specific quote was found in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 25 July 2024, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, was abducted at a property outside Culiacán in the Mexican state of Sinaloa and flown to the United States. He was arre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_El_Mayo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sinaloa War is an ongoing internal armed conflict within the Sinaloa Cartel, centered in northwestern Mexico. The conflict began on 9 September 2024, following the transfer of Ismael "El Mayo" Zam…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infighting_in_the_Sinaloa_Cart…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija (born 15 June 1999), known professionally as Peso Pluma, is a Mexican singer-songwriter, and record producer, recognised for his work in regional Mexican music, particularl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peso_Pluma
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Claim 7: “the Sinaloa Cartel co-founder assured the military that his squad of assassins had been warned not to launch a rescue operation in the event he was captured.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general biographies of El Chapo and does not mention the specific statement regarding his assassins being warned not to launch a rescue operation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera), известен как «Эль Чапо» (исп. El Chapo — Коротышка; род. 4 апреля 1957, Ла Туна, Бадирагуато, Синалоа, Мексика) — глава наркокартеля Синалоа. Был арестован несколько …
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Гусман_Лоэра,_Хоакин
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web search NEUTRAL — Joaquin Guzman, also known as El Chapo, is the former head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, one of the most powerful and notorious criminal organizations in Mexico from the late 20th century. Learn about h…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joaquin-Guzman
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web search NEUTRAL — Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is made to face the press as he is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican soldiers and marines at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, Jan.
https://www.timesunion.com/preview/article/People-in-the-new…
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Claim 8: “He was sentenced to life in prison and is currently being held at ADX Florence — a supermaximum security penitentiary in Florence, Colorado.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the specific sentencing to life or the current location at ADX Florence, although these are widely known facts externally, the agent must rely on provided evidence.
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Claim 9: “Mexican newspaper El Universal published four edited videos showing Guzmán shortly after he and his bodyguard, Orso Iván “El Cholo Iván” Gastelum, were captured after emerging from a manhole in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, on Jan. 8, 2016.”
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Web search results explicitly confirm that the Mexican newspaper El Universal published four edited videos of Guzmán and his bodyguard, Orso Iván Gastelum, following their capture in Los Mochis on January 8, 2016.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (Spanish: [xoaˈkin aɾtʃiˈβaldo ɣusˈman loˈeɾa]; born 4 April 1957), commonly known as "El Chapo" (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈt͡ʃapo]), is a Mexican former drug lord an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chapo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Facing El Chapo (Spanish: La captura; transl. The capture) is a 2026 Mexican crime action thriller film about the manhunt and subsequent recapture of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. The film follows Alfons…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facing_El_Chapo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ovidio Guzmán López (born 29 March 1990) is a Mexican former drug lord and high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in the state of Sinaloa. He is the son of the drug lord Joa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovidio_Guzmán_López
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