Inside the Safe House of Mexican Drug Lord 'El Chapo'
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On Jan. 8, 2016, an elite unit of Mexican Marines assaulted the safe house where drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was staying with armed guards. A brief gun battle left five guards dead and Guzman was apprehended shortly after he escaped the house through a hidden tunnel. Several days later, photographers were allowed to enter the building.
Pictured: A destroyed microwave oven is seen next to a wall with bullet holes in a safe house, where five people were shot dead during an operation to recapture the drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in Los Mochis, Mexico, Jan. 11, 2016.