Secret tunnels Mexican drug lord (13 photos) Bashny.Net

In February, he was arrested the most wanted drug lord in Mexico Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, the legend of the underworld, who in 2009 made the list of the world's billionaires, the magazine "Forbes". Guzman was a list of the most wanted criminals in Mexico and the United States and led the "Sinaloa Cartel".

Authorities tracked down a long Guzman. Eventually it became clear that Guzman hiding somewhere near the city of Culiacan - the capital of Sinaloa. In mid-February 2014, investigators have established seven houses, which probably could hide the leader of the cartel, together with his entourage. All of them were built on the same principle: the inputs are protected by reinforced doors and bathrooms were of underground tunnels in the city's sewers.



Photographer Daniel Becherril looked into the secret tunnels "Shorty", which he often used to escape and drug trafficking.

1. Mexican Marine bath lifts, under which is the entrance to the tunnel and out the drain. Bath is located in one of the houses of Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman in Kulyakane. Guzman was a nobody, and has become one of the most influential drug lords in history. Last Saturday, he was caught after a raid on a beach resort Mazatlan, 200 km southeast of Culiacan. In just a few days before Guzman escaped from military to these tunnels and sewage systems. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



2. Withdrawal from the sewers, which leads directly under one of the houses Guzman. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



3. A journalist from a steel door that leads from the city sewerage system in a tunnel under a house Guzman. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



4. Journalists with flashlights are on the sewer pipe to the tunnel under the house Guzman. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



5. Exit the ladder directly under that of the bath with the first shot. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



6. The bottom of the tub itself. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



7. Secret tunnel under one of the houses of Joaquin Guzman, nicknamed "Chapo" (Shorty). (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



8. tunnel leading from the house to the city sewer Guzman. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



9. Secret "personal" tunnel Guzman was separated from the city sewer steel door. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



10. Part of the sewage system, leading to the house of Guzman. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



11. The Mexican military in the sewers. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



12. The Mexican military have carefully checked the secret tunnels leading from the house of Guzman, after the capture of drug lord. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)



13. Mexican Marine in the bedroom of a house of Joaquin Guzman. (REUTERS / Daniel Becerril)