Key dates in Mexico’s pursuit of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

FILE - In this July 16, 2015 file photo, a Federal Police shows a reward notice for information leading to the capture of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who made his escape from the Altiplano maximum security prison via an underground tunnel, in Almoloya, west of Mexico City. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto posted on his Twitter account, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, that drug lord Joaquin 'Chapo' Guzman has been recaptured.(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

By Associated Press January 8, 2016 1 min read

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Key dates in the various pursuits, captures and escapes of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa cartel, who was captured Friday in Sinaloa:

June 10, 1993: Mexican authorities announce Guzman’s first capture in Guatemala.

___

1995: Guzman is convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.