Incredible GoPro footage takes you inside the gunfire-heavy raid that ended drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s six months on the run.

The video, obtained from Mexican authorities, looks as if it’s from an action movie. The camera follows the armed men as they storm the house, unleash grenades and bullets, and search room to room.

The Friday raid was called “Operation Black Swan,” according to the Mexican show “Primero Noticias.” Authorities decided to launch the raid Thursday after they got a tip about where Guzman was sleeping, the show reported.

Seventeen elite unit Mexican Marines launched their assault on the house in the city of Los Mochis at 4:40 a.m., “Primero Noticias” said.

They were met by about one dozen well-armed guards inside who were prepared for a fight, the show said.

The Marines moved from room to room, clearing the house. Upstairs they found two men in one room and found two women on the floor of a bathroom. All were captured, “Primero Noticias” said.

After 15 minutes, the Marines controlled the entire house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

In the end, five guards were killed and two men and two women were detained. One of the women was the same cook Guzman had with him when he was detained a couple years ago, according to “Primero Noticias.”

Eventually the marines determined that the only bedroom on the first floor was Guzman’s and they began pounding on the walls and moving furniture, finding hidden doors, the show said.

His room had a king-sized bed, bags from fashionable clothing stores, bread and cookie wrappers, and medicine including injectable testosterone, syringes, antibiotics and cough syrups, the show said. The two-story house had four bedrooms and five bathrooms. There were flat-screen TVs and Internet connection throughout the house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

The Marines eventually found a hidden passageway behind a mirror, with a handle hidden in the light fixture. The handle opened a secret door, leading down into the escape tunnel, the show explained.

The escape tunnel was fully lit and led to an access door for the city sewage system, “Primero Noticias” said, adding that Guzman had at least a 20-minute head start on the Marines.

The address where Guzman was captured had been monitored for a month, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said. According to Gomez, Guzman and his lieutenant escaped through that drainage system.

“Primero Noticias” said it obtained surveillance footage showing Guzman and his lieutenant emerging from the manhole cover, where they then stole two cars to flee, the show said.

Guzman was finally caught when he and the lieutenant were stopped on a highway by Mexican Federal Police, the show said.

Authorities took them to a motel to wait for reinforcement. The men were then taken to Los Mochis airport and transfered to Mexico City.

Rebecca Blackwell/AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2016.

Guzman is now back in prison as his lawyers fight his extradition to the U.S.

The drug kingpin escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11, launching an active manhunt. When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found a ventilated tunnel and exit had been constructed in the bathtub inside Guzman’s cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July.

Guzman had been sent there after he was arrested in February 2014. He spent more than 10 years on the run after escaping from a different prison in 2001. It’s unclear exactly how he had escaped, but he did receive help from prison guards who were prosecuted and convicted.

Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was once described by the U.S. Treasury as “the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.” The Sinaloa cartel allegedly uses elaborate tunnels for drug trafficking and has been estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. through Mexico.

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Kate del Castillo podría declarar en el consulado mexicano en Los Ángeles, aseguró la fiscal general de México.

La actriz mexicana Kate del Castillo fue citada a declarar ante la fiscalía mexicana por sus supuestos vínculos con el líder del cartel de Sinaloa, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

Así lo anunció este lunes la encargada de la Procuraduría General de la República, Arely Gómez.

Del Castillo, de 43 años, intercedió para que el actor estadounidense Sean Penn entreviste al capo, se reunió con “El Chapo” y mantuvo conversaciones a través de mensajes de texto con el narcotraficante.

Guzmán, de 57 años, fue capturado por las autoridades mexicanas el 8 de enero, seis meses después de que se fugara de la cárcel más segura de México, la misma en la que ahora se encuentra recluido bajo medidas especiales de seguridad.

De acuerdo a mensajes interceptados divulgados este lunes, la actriz celebró el escape del capo del penal de El Altiplano a través de un túnel que conectaba con su celda.

En calidad de testigo

Gómez aseguró en una entrevista con el diario El Universal que como la actriz se encuentra en Estados Unidos podría declarar en el consulado mexicano de Los Ángeles.

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En los primeros días de octubre, la actriz y Sean Penn viajaron a las montañas donde estaba “El Chapo”, en la región conocida como Triángulo Dorado.

En tanto, un funcionario de la PGR aseguró a la agencia de noticias Reuters que el citatorio es para que la actriz declare la próxima semana.

En los últimos días, a través de distintos medios de comunicación se conocieron las conversaciones entre Del Castillo y Guzmán interceptadas por las agencias de seguridad mexicanas.

A través del teléfono móvil de uno de los abogados del capo, Andrés Granados, “El Chapo” y la actriz comenzaron a incrementrar el intercambio de mensajes el año pasado, aunque el vínculo se remonta a 2012.

En uno de los intercambios, del 25 de septiembre, Guzmán invita a del Castillo a visitarlo en las montañas de Sinaloa.

“Yo te tendré súper todo para que no vayas a tener ningún detalle, que me sentiría muy mal. Ten fe en que estarás a gusto. Te cuidaré más que a mis ojos”, aseguró el capo.

A lo que la actriz respondió: “Me mueve demasiado que me digas que me cuidas, jamás nadie me ha cuidado, ¡gracias!”.

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Guzmán, de 57 años, fue capturado el 8 de enero, seis meses después de que se fugara de la cárcel más segura de México.

En los primeros días de octubre, la actriz y Sean Penn viajaron a las montañas donde estaba “El Chapo”, en la región conocida como Triángulo Dorado, en un encuentro que luego fue reflejado en la revista estadounidense Rolling Stone.

De acuerdo al actor estadounidense, la reunión fue propiciada por Del Castillo a quien, según el gobierno mexicano, Guzmán había pedido que se encargue de organizar la realización de una película sobre su vida.

Guzmán fue capturado en Los Mochis, una ciudad de su estado natal, Sinaloa.

Luego las autoridades aseguraron que una de las claves para dar con el narcotraficante había sido seguir las conversaciones de la actriz mexicana.

Festejos por “El Chapo”

Del Castillo, según mensajes de celular interceptados por las agencias de seguridad y publicados este lunes por El Universal, celebró la fuga de Guzmán el 11 de julio.

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Kate del Castillo festejó la fuga de Guzmán en julio pasado, de acuerdo a mensajes interceptados.

El 12 de julio, el abogado le pregunta a la actriz si está enterada de la noticia y le dice que él está “festejando”, a lo que del Castillo responde “yo más”.

En un intercambio entre el abogado y la actriz, Granados le sugiere que invite a Guzmán a que invierta en la marca de tequila que ella promociona. “Sería divino”, respondió la intérprete.

Del Castillo prometió la semana pasada contar su versión de los hechos y el sábado usó su cuenta en la red social Instagram para rechazar que estuviera estresada por lo acontecido.

Escribió en inglés “Do you really think I’m stressed?” (¿De veras creen que estoy estresada?) y acompañó el texto con una imagen de un ratón mirando a la cámara con la leyenda “¿Por qué me preguntas si estoy un poco estresado?”.

Penn, por su parte, aseguró al canal estadounidense CBS, que se arrepentía de cómo había sido percibida su entrevista con el narcotraficante.

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El juez Gastón Mercau, quien lleva adelante la causa por la que se encuentra detenida Milagro Sala, imputada por “instigación a cometer delitos y tumultos”, rechazó esta noche el hábeas corpus presentado ayer por sus defensores, el cual solicitaba la liberación inmediata de la dirigente ya que se consideraba la diputada del Parlasur “no cometió ningún delito”. “ULTIMO MOMENTO: Rechazan pedido de habeas corpus. Aun no se conocen los fundamentos. #LiberenAMilagro”, informó en Twitter la cuenta de prensa de la organización Tupac Amaru (@PrensaTupac).

“Nos acaban de notificar solamente el rechazo del hábeas corpus y no conocemos los fundamentos, recién lo sabremos mañana a primera hora”, dijo luego a la agencia Télam Luis Paz, defensor oficial de la dirigente social Milagro Sala. El letrado aclaró que queda por presentar un recurso de excarcelación y ratificó: “Vamos a seguir trabajando en el expediente principal a ver si en esta semana podemos resolver la situación de libertad de Milagro”.

En tanto, esta mañana la Tupac acató la orden judicial de despejar las calles adyacentes a la plaza, mientras que la jueza de menores de Jujuy, María del Rosario Hinojo, constató que en el lugar no hay niños, niñas y adolescentes. Por el momento, y ante una fuerte presencia policial, las organizaciones sociales decidieron continuar con el acampe de forma pacífica, ya que la tercer medida es por una contravención, por lo cual consideraron cómo “legítima” la protesta.

Mientras tanto, aguardan novedades sobre el destino judicial de la líder de la Tupac Amaru y legisladora del Parlasur, Milagro Sala, detenida desde el sábado. Desde el gobierno de Gerardo Morales se anunció la posibilidad de concretar nuevas denuncias contra la dirigente social, por lo que se espera que en el curso de la jornada haya novedades en este sentido.

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La indignación se ha generalizado. La comunidad de la provincia de Oruro, en Bolivia, está indignada, luego de la difusión de Facebook de imágenes de una cámaras de seguridad, donde aparece un funcionario teniendo relaciones sexuales con una mujer. El hecho ha llegado a voces de altas autoridades bolivianas. 

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El hecho se registró en el local de la Gobernación en una fecha que aún no ha sido precisada. Las imágenes se viralizaron en Facebook, desde el pasado sábado y el diario boliviano El Deber se encargó de recopilar.

Una fuente consultada por el medio confirmó que el ambiente pertenece a dicho local estatal y, según las fotos de Facebook, el acto sexual se habría consumado en más de una oportunidad.

Los protagonistas de esta escena, como comentaron los usuarios de Facebook, serían el jefe de Sistemas de la Institución, Miguel Medina, y una exfuncionaria.

La prensa local ha intentado comunicarse con el gobernador Víctor Hugo Vásquez, pero hasta ahora no existe un pronunciamiento oficial.

El caso causó un escándalo en las redes donde los internautas aprovecharon para criticar a la administración actual.

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Incredible GoPro footage takes you inside the gunfire-heavy raid that ended drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s six months on the run.

The video, obtained from Mexican authorities, looks as if it’s from an action movie. The camera follows the armed men as they storm the house, unleash grenades and bullets, and search room to room.

The Friday raid was called “Operation Black Swan,” according to the Mexican show “Primero Noticias.” Authorities decided to launch the raid Thursday after they got a tip about where Guzman was sleeping, the show reported.

Seventeen elite unit Mexican Marines launched their assault on the house in the city of Los Mochis at 4:40 a.m., “Primero Noticias” said.

They were met by about one dozen well-armed guards inside who were prepared for a fight, the show said.

The Marines moved from room to room, clearing the house. Upstairs they found two men in one room and found two women on the floor of a bathroom. All were captured, “Primero Noticias” said.

After 15 minutes, the Marines controlled the entire house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

In the end, five guards were killed and two men and two women were detained. One of the women was the same cook Guzman had with him when he was detained a couple years ago, according to “Primero Noticias.”

Eventually the marines determined that the only bedroom on the first floor was Guzman’s and they began pounding on the walls and moving furniture, finding hidden doors, the show said.

His room had a king-sized bed, bags from fashionable clothing stores, bread and cookie wrappers, and medicine including injectable testosterone, syringes, antibiotics and cough syrups, the show said. The two-story house had four bedrooms and five bathrooms. There were flat-screen TVs and Internet connection throughout the house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

The Marines eventually found a hidden passageway behind a mirror, with a handle hidden in the light fixture. The handle opened a secret door, leading down into the escape tunnel, the show explained.

The escape tunnel was fully lit and led to an access door for the city sewage system, “Primero Noticias” said, adding that Guzman had at least a 20-minute head start on the Marines.

The address where Guzman was captured had been monitored for a month, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said. According to Gomez, Guzman and his lieutenant escaped through that drainage system.

“Primero Noticias” said it obtained surveillance footage showing Guzman and his lieutenant emerging from the manhole cover, where they then stole two cars to flee, the show said.

Guzman was finally caught when he and the lieutenant were stopped on a highway by Mexican Federal Police, the show said.

Authorities took them to a motel to wait for reinforcement. The men were then taken to Los Mochis airport and transfered to Mexico City.

Rebecca Blackwell/AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2016.

Guzman is now back in prison as his lawyers fight his extradition to the U.S.

The drug kingpin escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11, launching an active manhunt. When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found a ventilated tunnel and exit had been constructed in the bathtub inside Guzman’s cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July.

Guzman had been sent there after he was arrested in February 2014. He spent more than 10 years on the run after escaping from a different prison in 2001. It’s unclear exactly how he had escaped, but he did receive help from prison guards who were prosecuted and convicted.

Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was once described by the U.S. Treasury as “the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.” The Sinaloa cartel allegedly uses elaborate tunnels for drug trafficking and has been estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. through Mexico.

Source Article from http://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-dramatic-raid-el-chapo/story?id=36216172

Las firmas agrícolas fueron las de mayor peso entre las principales empresas exportadoras de 2015 y tomaron fuerza las madereras, pero el ranking sigue siendo encabezado por Conaprole con 5,1% del total. A su vez, hay nueve frigoríficos entre las 20 empresas más exportadoras, pero ninguno en los primeros lugares.

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Según datos brindados a El País desde el Instituto Uruguay XXI, del total de US$ 8.967 millones (incluyendo las zonas francas) exportados desde Uruguay en 2015, un 36% corresponde a estas 20 firmas.

Conaprole fue la empresa con mayor volumen exportador durante 2015 al totalizar US$ 465 millones y 177.000 toneladas de ventas. Sin embargo, su vicepresidente Wilson Cabrera dijo que “fue un año muy malo para la exportación de productos lácteos” por los bajos precios internacionales.

Efectivamente, los tamberos nucleados en Conaprole elevaron su nivel de producción exportadora en 2015, aunque recibieron menos dinero que en los últimos años. La empresa láctea vendió al exterior el año pasado un 35% más de toneladas de leche que en 2014 pero facturó un 7,1% menos. En comparación con 2013, el volumen de exportaciones fue 8,9% superior y el monto recibido fue 20,5% menos.

El año pasado fue el primero con un ciclo completo de producción de la planta de celulosa de Montes del Plata, lo que derivó en que la firma Eufores S.A. (la encargada de los bosques) ocupe el segundo lugar en el ranking de exportadores con 3.396.000 de toneladas de madera vendida a la zona franca donde está la planta. Estas transacciones totalizaron casi US$ 300 millones en 2015, un 98% más que la cifra alcanzada por la firma en 2014.

El gerente general de Montes del Plata, Luis María Rodríguez, manifestó a El País que el volumen de producción alcanzando por la planta de celulosa tuvo “una curva creciente” durante el año que se alcanzó tras realizar “algunos ajustes para alcanzar la plena capacidad”.

En el tercer escalón del ranking aparece la granelera Crop Uruguay con US$ 235 millones en ventas de soja y trigo. Este sector al igual que el lácteo se vio afectado por la caída en el precio internacional de los alimentos, lo que se refleja en una baja de 33,7% de las exportaciones en monto de la firma respecto a 2014 y de 44,7% respecto a 2013.

La firma Compañía Forestal Oriental (la maderara que provee a la plata de celulosa UPM) ocupa el cuarto lugar. En 2015 totalizó 2.931.000 toneladas de madera vendida por un valor de US$ 219 millones, montos inferiores a los alcanzados en los últimos dos años.

En el quinto lugar aparece la firma agrícola LDC Uruguay con un total de US$ 192 millones de exportación, con la soja como principal producto pero también ventas de arroz y trigo. Otra granelera como Barraca Jorge W. Erro la sigue en el listado, con US$ 190 millones y 560.000 toneladas exportadas el año pasado. Ambas firmas tuvieron caídas superiores al 15% en sus montos de exportación durante los últimos dos años.

En la séptima posición se encuentra la arrocera Saman, que supo ocupar el podio de empresas exportadoras en 2008 y 2009. El año pasado registró ventas al exterior de 342.000 toneladas de arroz por US$ 165 millones, lo que representa una caída cercana al 30% en monto en comparación con los últimos dos años.

A partir del octavo lugar se ubican nueve frigoríficos. En comparación con las ventas de 2014, cinco empresas incrementaron sus cifras de exportación, Pulsa tuvo montos iguales y las restantes tres tuvieron caídas. Breeders & Packers Uruguay y Frigorífico Tacuarembó son las únicas exportadoras de carne dentro del ranking que incrementaron sus ventas en los últimos dos años. En contrapartida, los frigoríficos San Jacinto y Carrasco redujeron sus niveles respecto a 2013 y 2014.

El director del Frigorífico Las Piedras, Alberto González, dijo que la caída del precio internacional de la carne en promedio fue de 6% durante el pasado año. Pero el mayor volumen de producción en Uruguay hizo posible que muchos establecimientos pudieran acercarse, igualar o superar los anteriores montos totales de exportación. “Las ventas fueron más importantes en el segundo semestre que en el primero”, añadió.

El director general para el Cono Sur del Grupo Marfrig (Frigorífico Tacuarembó y Establecimientos Colonia entre otros), Marcelo Secco, señaló un enlentecimiento de las ventas en el sector. Identificó “procesos más complejos” a la hora de cerrar contratos, sin facilidades para ingresar a nuevos mercados como ocurrió años atrás con Rusia, China o Europa.

En la parte final del ranking se encuentran la curtiembre Paycueros, la agrícola Cereoil Uruguay, la firma de oleaginosos Aarhuskarlshamn (AAK) y Cristalpet, dedicada a la manufactura de plástico.

Paycueros y AAK atraviesan ciclos positivos con importantes incrementos de sus ventas al exterior en los últimos dos años, mientras que Cereoil y Cristalpet sufrieron caídas significativas, en especial la firma agrícola que bajó más de 50% sus exportaciones.

Perspectivas

Cabrera indicó que el panorama del sector lácteo hacia el futuro “es incierto” porque no hay señales que hagan prever una suba de los precios. “En el mercado internacional en este momento sigue habiendo una oferta abundante y una demanda más bien retraída”, explicó el vicepresidente de Conaprole. Agregó que los negocios concretados hasta el momento se dieron nuevamente a valores bajos.

Otros sectores con problemas similares son la carne (ver aparte) y los granos. Se estima que el valor mundial de la soja continuarán en baja tras una cosecha récord en Estados Unidos. Mientras que en el sector oleaginoso, el aumento de producción de Brasil “no dejará mucho espacio para la recuperación de precios”, informó hace algunas semanas a El País el asesor agrícola Fernando Villamil.

Rodríguez de Montes del Plata señaló que el objetivo para 2016 es “producir a capacidad de diseño durante todo el año” y generar al menos 1,3 millones de toneladas de pulpa de celulosa.

Frigoríficos se preparan para año complejo

El responsable para el Cono Sur del Grupo Marfrig, Marcelo Secco, dijo que hay varios factores que podrían complicar al sector cárnico este año: el fortalecimiento global del dólar, los problemas económicos de China, el aumento de oferta de competidores directos como Australia y Brasil, y la recuperación de Argentina.

Además, Secco expresó que probablemente le haya llegado la hora a la carne de reducir sus valores internacionales, tras la caída de precios que han experimentado en el último tiempo los principales commodities. Para el director del Frigorífico Las Piedras, Alberto González, en 2016 el sector aumentará aproximadamente 5% su producción. Aunque indicó que esta suba posiblemente no alcance para “compensar la baja de los precios” de exportación.

Hubo caída en el sector exportador tras 5 años

La colocación de bienes en el exterior acumuló US$ 8.967 millones en 2015 y cerró el año con una baja de 11,6% respecto a 2014. También acumulan trece meses consecutivos de resultados negativos. El año pasado hubo menores ventas a 14 de los 20 principales destinos de Uruguay, con significativas caídas en las exportaciones hacia Brasil (30,2%) y China (6,1%). Las exportaciones uruguayas no registraban un cierre de año con caída desde 2009.

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Rodríguez: “La producción tuvo curva creciente

2015 fue el primer año calendario completo (en Montes del Plata) con más de 1,2 millones de toneladas de producción anual. La capacidad de producción fue optimizándose a lo largo del año, especialmente luego de que realizáramos algunos ajustes”.

“Cabrera: “Un año muy malo para los lácteos

No tuvimos una baja en la cantidad de producción (en Conaprole) pero sí en los precios internacionales, donde hubo una caída importantísima. Esto influyo para que se cierren muchos establecimientos, yo creo que como nunca había pasado en Uruguay”.

“Secco: “Fue muy complejo cerrar contratos

Fue un año de transición, porque veníamos de tiempos dinámicos. La demanda apuntó a procesos más complejos y trabajosos para cerrar contratos, y en precios fue un año de ajustes. Esta lentitud para la concreción de negocios seguirá en 2016″.

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Incredible GoPro footage takes you inside the gunfire-heavy raid that ended drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s six months on the run.

The video, obtained from Mexican authorities, looks as if it’s from an action movie. The camera follows the armed men as they storm the house, unleash grenades and bullets, and search room to room.

The Friday raid was called “Operation Black Swan,” according to the Mexican show “Primero Noticias.” Authorities decided to launch the raid Thursday after they got a tip about where Guzman was sleeping, the show reported.

Seventeen elite unit Mexican Marines launched their assault on the house in the city of Los Mochis at 4:40 a.m., “Primero Noticias” said.

They were met by about one dozen well-armed guards inside who were prepared for a fight, the show said.

The Marines moved from room to room, clearing the house. Upstairs they found two men in one room and found two women on the floor of a bathroom. All were captured, “Primero Noticias” said.

After 15 minutes, the Marines controlled the entire house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

In the end, five guards were killed and two men and two women were detained. One of the women was the same cook Guzman had with him when he was detained a couple years ago, according to “Primero Noticias.”

Eventually the marines determined that the only bedroom on the first floor was Guzman’s and they began pounding on the walls and moving furniture, finding hidden doors, the show said.

His room had a king-sized bed, bags from fashionable clothing stores, bread and cookie wrappers, and medicine including injectable testosterone, syringes, antibiotics and cough syrups, the show said. The two-story house had four bedrooms and five bathrooms. There were flat-screen TVs and Internet connection throughout the house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

The Marines eventually found a hidden passageway behind a mirror, with a handle hidden in the light fixture. The handle opened a secret door, leading down into the escape tunnel, the show explained.

The escape tunnel was fully lit and led to an access door for the city sewage system, “Primero Noticias” said, adding that Guzman had at least a 20-minute head start on the Marines.

The address where Guzman was captured had been monitored for a month, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said. According to Gomez, Guzman and his lieutenant escaped through that drainage system.

“Primero Noticias” said it obtained surveillance footage showing Guzman and his lieutenant emerging from the manhole cover, where they then stole two cars to flee, the show said.

Guzman was finally caught when he and the lieutenant were stopped on a highway by Mexican Federal Police, the show said.

Authorities took them to a motel to wait for reinforcement. The men were then taken to Los Mochis airport and transfered to Mexico City.

Rebecca Blackwell/AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2016.

Guzman is now back in prison as his lawyers fight his extradition to the U.S.

The drug kingpin escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11, launching an active manhunt. When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found a ventilated tunnel and exit had been constructed in the bathtub inside Guzman’s cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July.

Guzman had been sent there after he was arrested in February 2014. He spent more than 10 years on the run after escaping from a different prison in 2001. It’s unclear exactly how he had escaped, but he did receive help from prison guards who were prosecuted and convicted.

Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was once described by the U.S. Treasury as “the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.” The Sinaloa cartel allegedly uses elaborate tunnels for drug trafficking and has been estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. through Mexico.

Source Article from http://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-dramatic-raid-el-chapo/story?id=36216172


> Después que vino la primavera de 2015 el verde brotó en el viejo predio incendiado (foto de la izquierda) y quedó al descubierto el robo. Resulta que los más de 10 mil propietarios de vehículos confiscados en Mixco por parte de la Municipalidad y EMIXTRA estaban resignados a la pérdida de su propiedad, tras el incendio en el predio El Arenal. Pero ahora que volaron las cenizas (foto de la derecha) varios de los afectados se han dado cuenta que el incendio fue deliberado para borrar las huellas de que sus vehículos habían sido desguajados y las piezas vendidas a granel a los talleres que pululan en la ciudad y en las ventas de repuestos. Esa fue otra de las obras maestras del ahora exalcalde Ottío Pérez Leal, ya arraigado, en complicidad con su pareja sentimental, la “licenciada” y nueva diputada Stella Alonzo.

Venden el cuero antes de cazar el venado

Los nombres de José Carlos Castañeda y Carolina Roca han circulado en la rosca del presidente Jimmy Morales como el futuro Presidente del Banco de Guatemala y como la nueva Superintendente de la SAT respectivamente. Como se sabe Roca ya ocupó ese cargo y los voceros de don Jimmy aseguran que ya fue seleccionada por su jefe, a pesar de que el Directorio de la Superintendencia no está integrado y por lo tanto ni siquiera se ha presentado la terna. En el caso del Banguat, tiene todavía Presidente interino y Presidente bajo la sombra; sin embargo, esos apenas “son detalles, minucias legaloides”, dicen ellos, pues “la decisión política ya fue tomada”.

Una nueva “Línea” que quiere nacer

Al tanto de las noticias sobre la SAT, y al constatar amargamente que no fue llamado al Ministerio de Gobernación, como era su deseo, Emilio el Gordo Pacheco, mejor conocido ahora en el bajo mundo como el cuñado real de tennis, ya está buscando local en la zona 10 para reabrir la oficina de cobros para asuntos aduaneros. Tan seguro está el Gordo de que logrará abrir y extender su propia telaraña en la SAT.

Así se recicla la mafia

Nery el Transa Ruano desfundó Robapaz y acompañó en sus fechorías a Omar el Califa Franco en la SAT. Ahora está listo para un nuevo reto: el Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Su viejo socio de negocios turbios en Robapaz, Mario Argueta, es el jefe de Patrimonio en dicho Ministerio y ha recibido con los brazos abiertos al Transa.

¡Enemigo a la vista!

Ingmaterio el Chatarras no sabe si está más asustado que furioso tras ver los nombramientos del Ministerio de Gobernación, que ni le consultaron. Resulta que su excolaborador y ahora enemigo declarado, Ricardo Guzmán Loyo, es uno de los nuevos viceministros de esa cartera. Estando Guzmán Loyo en tan alto puesto, el Chatarras se siente más expuesto a una captura y por eso apresuradamente está juntando municiones para sacar al nuevo funcionario de la jugada.

Del amor al odio hay un solo paso

Claudia Méndez, la exintendente de Aduanas, era de las favoritas de la Gruesa en los tiempos idos de gloria, hedonismo y voraz e insaciable corrupción. Ahora en común solo les queda el bufete de abogados que las defiende a ambas por la corrupción en Aduanas. Por lo demás son enemigas declaradas. Una se siente traicionada por la otra y con la vuelta de la Gruesa del hospital a la cárcel de Santa Teresa, las reclusas esperan batallas campales.

Nido de víboras

Dicen los chismosos que la planta de Gobernación es un auténtico big brother. En los últimos cuatro años la planilla de trabajadores se infló de 300 a 800 personas y como cada quien responde a una mafia distinta se espían entre sí todo el tiempo. Varias de las víboras que fueron despedidas en los últimos meses serán reinstaladas por orden de los juzgados de Trabajo.

A destiempo y sin chance

El presidente de la ANAM, Isaías Martínez, que busca su reelección, comenzó mal con su proyecto, hasta este 12 de enero publicó la convocatoria para la Asamblea Ordinaria que tendrá lugar el último día de este mes; pero la ley es clara y; debió haber convocado a más tardar el 29 de diciembre del año pasado, según los estatutos por lo que ya puede ser demandado por el delito de incumplimiento de funciones. Martínez atribuye a Christian Pineda, expresentador del canal de Manuel Baldizón, que ahora se proclama secretario de Jimmy Morales y pretende ser el enlace con todos los alcaldes del país. Mientras esto sucede, el dos veces ungido de la UNE, Beto Reyes, cabildea para regresar a la Presidencia de la ANAM, pero la tiene muy cuesta arriba porque todos recuerdan los altos índices de corrupción que han dejado sus gestiones.

“La Diva” tiembla

Aunado a todos los delitos que incurrió en el manejo de las finanzas del Registro de la Propiedad surge algo más serio; varios abogados y principalmente uno de apellido Centeno, comenta que ojalá no le entren a indagar sobre las inscripciones anómalas de propiedades que se hacían con el consentimiento de Anabella De León, para evitar que fueran extinguidas porque pertenecían a varios sindicados de dedicarse al trasiego del polvo blanco que no es harina. Buen trabajo haría la CICIG si indaga sobre este tema.

Con maridos así, mejor tener enemigos 

La nueva ministra de Trabajo, Lety Teleguario, tiene un problema serio en el horizonte. Pero no es por su propia causa: su esposo ha dirigido Fodigua (Fondo de Desarrollo Indígena Guatemalteco), pero lo interesante es que desde allí se constituyó un fideicomiso muy cuantioso que solo benefició a dos personajes de la vida política nacional, caracterizados por sus grandes índices de corrupción: el expresidente Otto Pérez Molina y a su ahijado, el exdiputado Luis José Fernández Chenal.

Se quedaron los recomendados

Aunque la señora Quixtán ya no está, dejó atrás su famosa limpia de corrupción y despidió a muchas personas honradas y trabajadoras que solo por el hecho de no caerle bien las echó. Los que sí se quedaron bien situaditos son todos los recomendados del antiguo director Carlos Monzón, sobrino de Carlos Monzón, uno de sus muy buenos amigos. Cuando él estaba, estos trabajadores llegaban solo dos veces por semana a cobrar viáticos.

Aldana, el frustrado

El manos largas de Julio Aldana, dueño de PROINVER y el intelectual de la creación de las empresas de cartón que le manejó Eco a la Gruesa, no solo vio frustrado cómo se le vino abajo su negocio de instalar una zona franca en la megaplaza en Zacapa, sino, también su negocio con el Ángel de los canales de colocar salas de cine en dicha plaza, esto junto a un su extraño socio panameño, gracias a la oportuna intervención de las autoridades judiciales, aprovechando que los reflectores se han dirigido a los funcionarios salientes, se ha dado a la tarea de engañar a las mismas con informaciones falsas en lo que le da tiempo de seguir instalando sus megaiglesias en el país del Norte para que le sirvan de lavanderías; a ver si cuenta con la misma suerte de engañar a las autoridades de aquel país.

Pónganle el ojo a Pérez

Fuentes de la Embajada de Estados Unidos están preocupadas porque la Corte de Constitucionalidad podría resolver en contra de una resolución de la PDH en la que condena ataques a defensores de DD. HH. El ponente sería el Magistrado Héctor Hugo Pérez Aguilera, quien si logra que la CC apoye su resolución promovería aún más la impunidad en Guatemala.

Autoridad sin responsabilidad legal

Enrique Godoy García-Granados, responsable de Robapaz en tiempos de la Presidencia de su tío político Mono de Oro, como Comisionado para el Desarrollo Urbano del gabinete de Jimmy Morales, no obstante carecer de cuentadancia, será el mandamás del Viceministerio de Vivienda del MICIVI.

Empurrada por razones desconocidas

Muchos fueron los comentarios in situ y luego en las redes sociales, sobre la seriedad y falta de amabilidad de la esposa del vicepresidente Jafeth Cabrera, que contrastaba con la muy evidente alegría, amabilidad y sonrisa de su esposo y de la pareja presidencial. Ni siquiera con los invitados internacionales fue capaz de sonreír. Su actitud de molestia y empurramiento moderado lo repitió en el Teatro Nacional con las esposas de Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre y Alfonso Fuentes Soria, así como en los tedeum de la Iglesia católica y la ceremonia evangélica. Sin duda experimentó alguna molestia muy grande, que le llenó de nubarrones un día tan especial y esperanzador para su familia y los guatemaltecos. Lamentamos su pena.

Que tengan paciencia y que se aguanten

Entre el sesudo Luis Rabbé y Mario Taracena, más conocido como Cabra Loca, hay pocas diferencias, tras la elección de una junta directiva de colección, en la que figuran personajes obsoletos, oscuros y corruptos, se dieron el lujo de ir a almorzar sin importarles para nada que en el Teatro Nacional esperaban los invitados internacionales y sus comitivas: “que se aguanten Biden, Iván Velásquez y el embajador” bromeaban, sin nosotros no pueden empezar. Por cierto, entre risas, Cabra Loca llamaba al Embajador: su Cristo de Esquipulas de la 20 calle, que le ayudó a derrotar al entenado del Ángel de la democracia y Rey de los canales. Mientras reían a carcajadas cuatro interminables horas, algunos invitados se retiraron del Teatro, mientras otros esperaron con estoicismo.

Tenebroso funcionario

La militarizada Secretaria de Asuntos Administrativos y de Seguridad de la Presidencia de la republica –SAAS– le sucedió lo único que le faltaba: el exmilitar Armando Melgar Padilla, que presuntamente ha estado vinculado a grupos de ejecuciones extrajudiciales en tiempos de Víctor Rivera, Sperisen y Figueroa, a quienes facilitaba la finca de su familia de nombre Parga, donde entre otros, fueron torturados pocas horas antes de ser ejecutados en El Jocotillo, los parlamentarios centroamericanos de origen salvadoreño sobre el polvo blanco que no es harina. Melgar Padilla, hombre de confianza y responsable tras bambalinas de la seguridad del presidente Jimmy Morales, pero impresentable como Secretario de la SAAS, colocó a una persona de su confianza en dicha posición estratégica: al señor Jorge Ignacio López Jiménez, personaje vinculado a los mandos de la Policía Nacional de los tiempos de Rivera, Sperisen, y Figueroa, al extremo que López Jiménez era el encargado de asuntos internos y fue removido al caer en desgracia Sperisen, noticia que elPeriódico publicó el día 11 de abril del 2007. López Jiménez era el brazo derecho de Charlie Quintanilla, Jefe de la SAAS de Álvaro Colom, como el lado oscuro. El exmandatario para sacudírselo se inventó que lo espiaba. La primera acción del brillante funcionario fue nombrar a nueve militares como edecanes de la entidad.

Pasos de animal Grande…

Luego de las capturas de los militares señalados de casos de desaparición forzada durante el conflicto armado, se esperan las de los castrenses corruptos, en su mayoría exministros de la Defensa, que han salido multimillonarios y que ostentan con impunidad mansiones, vehículos de lujo y propiedades en todos los rincones del país, incluyendo jugosas caletas.

“El Chatarras” de transa en el sauna

Recientemente, en un sauna de la zona 11 se reunió el capitán Parada Saravia con Igmaterio el Chatarras, quienes intercambiaron papeles en el privado del recinto, Saravia se presenta en el balneario como licenciado y asesor de Jimmy Morales, pero los clientes que llegan al mismo lugar saben que en realidad es el mensajero del general de los Huistas, Escobedo. ¿Qué transe estarán realizando el Chatarras y este capitán?

Preguntas sin respuesta

¿Alguien podría creer que las abogadas que auxiliaron al jefe de Estado Mayor del Army, Sosa Díaz, en el amparo contra la Ley de Reconciliación Nacional están contratadas, ganando un pistal, como asesoras del Despacho superior, del ministro de la Defensa confirmado, general Mancilla? Y eso que la acción legal fue a título personal…Este honorable Peladero no lo cree.

¿Qué ha hecho Gustavo Chucky Porras desde su cómoda hamaca, por cierto superflua para el Estado de Guatemala, etiquetada como Consejo Económico y Social, que es pagada con nuestros impuestos, por encontrarle salidas a la compleja situación económica y social que ha hundido en la pobreza extrema a decenas de miles de guatemaltecos en los últimos años?

¿Por qué nadie de los ministros puede nombrar a sus financieros o administrativos en este gobierno? ¿Por qué todos aceptaron su cartera ministerial bajo estas condiciones?

¿Por qué Justino Puñalito Ovalle, flamante diputado, no aplaudió en el discurso de su amigo y entenado, el recién electo presidente Jimmy Morales?

¿Cuántos cónsules de la Gruesa quedan en el Cuerpo Diplomático de nuestro país y cuándo serán removidos? ¿O, continuarán protegidos por el Canciller Morales?

¿Cuánta gente de los más cercanos colaboradores del FCN-Nación y Avemilgua se quedaron sin ser invitados a la toma de posesión?

No lo creemos, pero lo anotamos para nuestros lectores: ¿Qué tanto el nuevo ministro de Gobernación, tan bien recomendado por la fiscal general Thelma Aldana y las fuerzas del bien, estará sufriendo mareos de grandeza recién subido al ladrillo del poder? Ojalá sus buenos consejeros lo bajen a tierra, pues fácilmente caerá en garras de los Riveritas y otras mafias que lo malquieren.

¿Será cierto que la nueva diputada Stella Alonzo, además de lucir su bolso de 3 mil dolorosos en la pasarela del 14 de enero, presume ya de su finquita en La Antigua, producto también de sus denodados esfuerzos por sacarle punta a los negocios de la Municipalidad de Mixco en la pasada administración de su pareja sentimental, Ottío Pérez?

¿Cuántos militares de alta en el Army fueron a la manifestación de ayer a favor de “los héroes” de la zona militar 21 y del trofeo del niño Molina Theissen frente a la Corte Suprema y cuántos el sábado antepasado a la Plaza de la Constitución?

Source Article from http://elperiodico.com.gt/2016/01/17/elpeladero/malas-noticias-a-quienes-les-confiscaron-carros-en-mixco/

Incredible GoPro footage takes you inside the gunfire-heavy raid that ended drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s six months on the run.

The video, obtained from Mexican authorities, looks as if it’s from an action movie. The camera follows the armed men as they storm the house, unleash grenades and bullets, and search room to room.

The Friday raid was called “Operation Black Swan,” according to the Mexican show “Primero Noticias.” Authorities decided to launch the raid Thursday after they got a tip about where Guzman was sleeping, the show reported.

Seventeen elite unit Mexican Marines launched their assault on the house in the city of Los Mochis at 4:40 a.m., “Primero Noticias” said.

They were met by about one dozen well-armed guards inside who were prepared for a fight, the show said.

The Marines moved from room to room, clearing the house. Upstairs they found two men in one room and found two women on the floor of a bathroom. All were captured, “Primero Noticias” said.

After 15 minutes, the Marines controlled the entire house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

In the end, five guards were killed and two men and two women were detained. One of the women was the same cook Guzman had with him when he was detained a couple years ago, according to “Primero Noticias.”

Eventually the marines determined that the only bedroom on the first floor was Guzman’s and they began pounding on the walls and moving furniture, finding hidden doors, the show said.

His room had a king-sized bed, bags from fashionable clothing stores, bread and cookie wrappers, and medicine including injectable testosterone, syringes, antibiotics and cough syrups, the show said. The two-story house had four bedrooms and five bathrooms. There were flat-screen TVs and Internet connection throughout the house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

The Marines eventually found a hidden passageway behind a mirror, with a handle hidden in the light fixture. The handle opened a secret door, leading down into the escape tunnel, the show explained.

The escape tunnel was fully lit and led to an access door for the city sewage system, “Primero Noticias” said, adding that Guzman had at least a 20-minute head start on the Marines.

The address where Guzman was captured had been monitored for a month, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said. According to Gomez, Guzman and his lieutenant escaped through that drainage system.

“Primero Noticias” said it obtained surveillance footage showing Guzman and his lieutenant emerging from the manhole cover, where they then stole two cars to flee, the show said.

Guzman was finally caught when he and the lieutenant were stopped on a highway by Mexican Federal Police, the show said.

Authorities took them to a motel to wait for reinforcement. The men were then taken to Los Mochis airport and transfered to Mexico City.

Rebecca Blackwell/AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2016.

Guzman is now back in prison as his lawyers fight his extradition to the U.S.

The drug kingpin escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11, launching an active manhunt. When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found a ventilated tunnel and exit had been constructed in the bathtub inside Guzman’s cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July.

Guzman had been sent there after he was arrested in February 2014. He spent more than 10 years on the run after escaping from a different prison in 2001. It’s unclear exactly how he had escaped, but he did receive help from prison guards who were prosecuted and convicted.

Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was once described by the U.S. Treasury as “the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.” The Sinaloa cartel allegedly uses elaborate tunnels for drug trafficking and has been estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. through Mexico.

Source Article from http://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-dramatic-raid-el-chapo/story?id=36216172

Incredible GoPro footage takes you inside the gunfire-heavy raid that ended drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s six months on the run.

The video, obtained from Mexican authorities, looks as if it’s from an action movie. The camera follows the armed men as they storm the house, unleash grenades and bullets, and search room to room.

The Friday raid was called “Operation Black Swan,” according to the Mexican show “Primero Noticias.” Authorities decided to launch the raid Thursday after they got a tip about where Guzman was sleeping, the show reported.

Seventeen elite unit Mexican Marines launched their assault on the house in the city of Los Mochis at 4:40 a.m., “Primero Noticias” said.

They were met by about one dozen well-armed guards inside who were prepared for a fight, the show said.

The Marines moved from room to room, clearing the house. Upstairs they found two men in one room and found two women on the floor of a bathroom. All were captured, “Primero Noticias” said.

After 15 minutes, the Marines controlled the entire house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

In the end, five guards were killed and two men and two women were detained. One of the women was the same cook Guzman had with him when he was detained a couple years ago, according to “Primero Noticias.”

Eventually the marines determined that the only bedroom on the first floor was Guzman’s and they began pounding on the walls and moving furniture, finding hidden doors, the show said.

His room had a king-sized bed, bags from fashionable clothing stores, bread and cookie wrappers, and medicine including injectable testosterone, syringes, antibiotics and cough syrups, the show said. The two-story house had four bedrooms and five bathrooms. There were flat-screen TVs and Internet connection throughout the house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

The Marines eventually found a hidden passageway behind a mirror, with a handle hidden in the light fixture. The handle opened a secret door, leading down into the escape tunnel, the show explained.

The escape tunnel was fully lit and led to an access door for the city sewage system, “Primero Noticias” said, adding that Guzman had at least a 20-minute head start on the Marines.

The address where Guzman was captured had been monitored for a month, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said. According to Gomez, Guzman and his lieutenant escaped through that drainage system.

“Primero Noticias” said it obtained surveillance footage showing Guzman and his lieutenant emerging from the manhole cover, where they then stole two cars to flee, the show said.

Guzman was finally caught when he and the lieutenant were stopped on a highway by Mexican Federal Police, the show said.

Authorities took them to a motel to wait for reinforcement. The men were then taken to Los Mochis airport and transfered to Mexico City.

Rebecca Blackwell/AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2016.

Guzman is now back in prison as his lawyers fight his extradition to the U.S.

The drug kingpin escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11, launching an active manhunt. When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found a ventilated tunnel and exit had been constructed in the bathtub inside Guzman’s cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July.

Guzman had been sent there after he was arrested in February 2014. He spent more than 10 years on the run after escaping from a different prison in 2001. It’s unclear exactly how he had escaped, but he did receive help from prison guards who were prosecuted and convicted.

Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was once described by the U.S. Treasury as “the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.” The Sinaloa cartel allegedly uses elaborate tunnels for drug trafficking and has been estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. through Mexico.

Source Article from http://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-dramatic-raid-el-chapo/story?id=36216172

Incredible GoPro footage takes you inside the gunfire-heavy raid that ended drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s six months on the run.

The video, obtained from Mexican authorities, looks as if it’s from an action movie. The camera follows the armed men as they storm the house, unleash grenades and bullets, and search room to room.

The Friday raid was called “Operation Black Swan,” according to the Mexican show “Primero Noticias.” Authorities decided to launch the raid Thursday after they got a tip about where Guzman was sleeping, the show reported.

Seventeen elite unit Mexican Marines launched their assault on the house in the city of Los Mochis at 4:40 a.m., “Primero Noticias” said.

They were met by about one dozen well-armed guards inside who were prepared for a fight, the show said.

The Marines moved from room to room, clearing the house. Upstairs they found two men in one room and found two women on the floor of a bathroom. All were captured, “Primero Noticias” said.

After 15 minutes, the Marines controlled the entire house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

In the end, five guards were killed and two men and two women were detained. One of the women was the same cook Guzman had with him when he was detained a couple years ago, according to “Primero Noticias.”

Eventually the marines determined that the only bedroom on the first floor was Guzman’s and they began pounding on the walls and moving furniture, finding hidden doors, the show said.

His room had a king-sized bed, bags from fashionable clothing stores, bread and cookie wrappers, and medicine including injectable testosterone, syringes, antibiotics and cough syrups, the show said. The two-story house had four bedrooms and five bathrooms. There were flat-screen TVs and Internet connection throughout the house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

The Marines eventually found a hidden passageway behind a mirror, with a handle hidden in the light fixture. The handle opened a secret door, leading down into the escape tunnel, the show explained.

The escape tunnel was fully lit and led to an access door for the city sewage system, “Primero Noticias” said, adding that Guzman had at least a 20-minute head start on the Marines.

The address where Guzman was captured had been monitored for a month, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said. According to Gomez, Guzman and his lieutenant escaped through that drainage system.

“Primero Noticias” said it obtained surveillance footage showing Guzman and his lieutenant emerging from the manhole cover, where they then stole two cars to flee, the show said.

Guzman was finally caught when he and the lieutenant were stopped on a highway by Mexican Federal Police, the show said.

Authorities took them to a motel to wait for reinforcement. The men were then taken to Los Mochis airport and transfered to Mexico City.

Rebecca Blackwell/AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2016.

Guzman is now back in prison as his lawyers fight his extradition to the U.S.

The drug kingpin escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11, launching an active manhunt. When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found a ventilated tunnel and exit had been constructed in the bathtub inside Guzman’s cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July.

Guzman had been sent there after he was arrested in February 2014. He spent more than 10 years on the run after escaping from a different prison in 2001. It’s unclear exactly how he had escaped, but he did receive help from prison guards who were prosecuted and convicted.

Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was once described by the U.S. Treasury as “the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.” The Sinaloa cartel allegedly uses elaborate tunnels for drug trafficking and has been estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. through Mexico.

Source Article from http://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-dramatic-raid-el-chapo/story?id=36216172

Incredible GoPro footage takes you inside the gunfire-heavy raid that ended drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s six months on the run.

The video, obtained from Mexican authorities, looks as if it’s from an action movie. The camera follows the armed men as they storm the house, unleash grenades and bullets, and search room to room.

The Friday raid was called “Operation Black Swan,” according to the Mexican show “Primero Noticias.” Authorities decided to launch the raid Thursday after they got a tip about where Guzman was sleeping, the show reported.

Seventeen elite unit Mexican Marines launched their assault on the house in the city of Los Mochis at 4:40 a.m., “Primero Noticias” said.

They were met by about one dozen well-armed guards inside who were prepared for a fight, the show said.

The Marines moved from room to room, clearing the house. Upstairs they found two men in one room and found two women on the floor of a bathroom. All were captured, “Primero Noticias” said.

After 15 minutes, the Marines controlled the entire house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

In the end, five guards were killed and two men and two women were detained. One of the women was the same cook Guzman had with him when he was detained a couple years ago, according to “Primero Noticias.”

Eventually the marines determined that the only bedroom on the first floor was Guzman’s and they began pounding on the walls and moving furniture, finding hidden doors, the show said.

His room had a king-sized bed, bags from fashionable clothing stores, bread and cookie wrappers, and medicine including injectable testosterone, syringes, antibiotics and cough syrups, the show said. The two-story house had four bedrooms and five bathrooms. There were flat-screen TVs and Internet connection throughout the house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

The Marines eventually found a hidden passageway behind a mirror, with a handle hidden in the light fixture. The handle opened a secret door, leading down into the escape tunnel, the show explained.

The escape tunnel was fully lit and led to an access door for the city sewage system, “Primero Noticias” said, adding that Guzman had at least a 20-minute head start on the Marines.

The address where Guzman was captured had been monitored for a month, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said. According to Gomez, Guzman and his lieutenant escaped through that drainage system.

“Primero Noticias” said it obtained surveillance footage showing Guzman and his lieutenant emerging from the manhole cover, where they then stole two cars to flee, the show said.

Guzman was finally caught when he and the lieutenant were stopped on a highway by Mexican Federal Police, the show said.

Authorities took them to a motel to wait for reinforcement. The men were then taken to Los Mochis airport and transfered to Mexico City.

Rebecca Blackwell/AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2016.

Guzman is now back in prison as his lawyers fight his extradition to the U.S.

The drug kingpin escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11, launching an active manhunt. When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found a ventilated tunnel and exit had been constructed in the bathtub inside Guzman’s cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July.

Guzman had been sent there after he was arrested in February 2014. He spent more than 10 years on the run after escaping from a different prison in 2001. It’s unclear exactly how he had escaped, but he did receive help from prison guards who were prosecuted and convicted.

Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was once described by the U.S. Treasury as “the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.” The Sinaloa cartel allegedly uses elaborate tunnels for drug trafficking and has been estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. through Mexico.

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El equipo de Noticias Repretel de canal 6 estará de manteles largos el próximo martes, cuando celebren 18 años informando a los hogares costarricenses.

Para este aniversario, el noticiero emitirá tres reportajes en su edición estelar de las 7 p. m., presentado por Jerry Alfaro y Patricia Figueroa.

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“Haremos una referencia a la historia del noticiero, quiénes lo hacemos y los servicios que hemos prestado a diversos sectores de la comunidad”, explicó Roxaña Zúñiga, directora de Noticias Repretel .

El informativo comenzó en 1998 comandado por Zúñiga y en su momento la también periodista Grettel Alfaro (actualmente es directora de Prisa Radio Costa Rica) era la subdirectora.

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“Teníamos meses de nacidos y ahora ya somos ‘mayores de edad’. Recuerdo que empezamos con 12 periodistas y manejábamos ocho cámaras analógicas. Ahora todo es digital. Los tiempos han cambiando, la forma de consumo de noticias, el perfil del televidente, los cambios tecnológicos y hasta en la forma de hacer periodismo. Es un cambio total de cómo empezamos”, detalló.

Actualmente, su equipo lo conforman 20 reporteros y 39 personas de soporte técnico.

La encargada agregó que aunque estén de aniversario no modificarán gráficas o el set.

Sin embargo, enfatizó que el compromiso con el público cada vez es mayor con el pasar de los años.

“Tenemos el deber de seguir haciendo un periodismo equilibrado, veraz y oportuno. Personalmente, es una gran satisfacción saber que el equipo encabezado por mí consiguió conservar y tener el noticiero 18 años al aire; es el récord de cualquier noticiero de esta corporación (Repretel)”.

Consultada sobre la lucha por la sintonía del televidente, la directora del noticiero expresó que es como la marea: sube y baja.

“Hay épocas o situaciones que hacen que uno esté arriba o abajo en el rating . Sin embargo, eso no es lo más importante, sino que Costa Rica tiene consolidados unos dos o tres noticieros que tratan de hacer su mejor esfuerzo en una pelea limpia, con la idea de cambiar el periodismo televisivo costarricense. Yo agradezco a quienes nos favorecen con su sintonía”, comentó Zúñiga.

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Incredible GoPro footage takes you inside the gunfire-heavy raid that ended drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s six months on the run.

The video, obtained from Mexican authorities, looks as if it’s from an action movie. The camera follows the armed men as they storm the house, unleash grenades and bullets, and search room to room.

The Friday raid was called “Operation Black Swan,” according to the Mexican show “Primero Noticias.” Authorities decided to launch the raid Thursday after they got a tip about where Guzman was sleeping, the show reported.

Seventeen elite unit Mexican Marines launched their assault on the house in the city of Los Mochis at 4:40 a.m., “Primero Noticias” said.

They were met by about one dozen well-armed guards inside who were prepared for a fight, the show said.

The Marines moved from room to room, clearing the house. Upstairs they found two men in one room and found two women on the floor of a bathroom. All were captured, “Primero Noticias” said.

After 15 minutes, the Marines controlled the entire house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

In the end, five guards were killed and two men and two women were detained. One of the women was the same cook Guzman had with him when he was detained a couple years ago, according to “Primero Noticias.”

Eventually the marines determined that the only bedroom on the first floor was Guzman’s and they began pounding on the walls and moving furniture, finding hidden doors, the show said.

His room had a king-sized bed, bags from fashionable clothing stores, bread and cookie wrappers, and medicine including injectable testosterone, syringes, antibiotics and cough syrups, the show said. The two-story house had four bedrooms and five bathrooms. There were flat-screen TVs and Internet connection throughout the house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

The Marines eventually found a hidden passageway behind a mirror, with a handle hidden in the light fixture. The handle opened a secret door, leading down into the escape tunnel, the show explained.

The escape tunnel was fully lit and led to an access door for the city sewage system, “Primero Noticias” said, adding that Guzman had at least a 20-minute head start on the Marines.

The address where Guzman was captured had been monitored for a month, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said. According to Gomez, Guzman and his lieutenant escaped through that drainage system.

“Primero Noticias” said it obtained surveillance footage showing Guzman and his lieutenant emerging from the manhole cover, where they then stole two cars to flee, the show said.

Guzman was finally caught when he and the lieutenant were stopped on a highway by Mexican Federal Police, the show said.

Authorities took them to a motel to wait for reinforcement. The men were then taken to Los Mochis airport and transfered to Mexico City.

Rebecca Blackwell/AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2016.

Guzman is now back in prison as his lawyers fight his extradition to the U.S.

The drug kingpin escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11, launching an active manhunt. When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found a ventilated tunnel and exit had been constructed in the bathtub inside Guzman’s cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July.

Guzman had been sent there after he was arrested in February 2014. He spent more than 10 years on the run after escaping from a different prison in 2001. It’s unclear exactly how he had escaped, but he did receive help from prison guards who were prosecuted and convicted.

Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was once described by the U.S. Treasury as “the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.” The Sinaloa cartel allegedly uses elaborate tunnels for drug trafficking and has been estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. through Mexico.

Source Article from http://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-dramatic-raid-el-chapo/story?id=36216172

Incredible GoPro footage takes you inside the gunfire-heavy raid that ended drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s six months on the run.

The video, obtained from Mexican authorities, looks as if it’s from an action movie. The camera follows the armed men as they storm the house, unleash grenades and bullets, and search room to room.

The Friday raid was called “Operation Black Swan,” according to the Mexican show “Primero Noticias.” Authorities decided to launch the raid Thursday after they got a tip about where Guzman was sleeping, the show reported.

Seventeen elite unit Mexican Marines launched their assault on the house in the city of Los Mochis at 4:40 a.m., “Primero Noticias” said.

They were met by about one dozen well-armed guards inside who were prepared for a fight, the show said.

The Marines moved from room to room, clearing the house. Upstairs they found two men in one room and found two women on the floor of a bathroom. All were captured, “Primero Noticias” said.

After 15 minutes, the Marines controlled the entire house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

In the end, five guards were killed and two men and two women were detained. One of the women was the same cook Guzman had with him when he was detained a couple years ago, according to “Primero Noticias.”

Eventually the marines determined that the only bedroom on the first floor was Guzman’s and they began pounding on the walls and moving furniture, finding hidden doors, the show said.

His room had a king-sized bed, bags from fashionable clothing stores, bread and cookie wrappers, and medicine including injectable testosterone, syringes, antibiotics and cough syrups, the show said. The two-story house had four bedrooms and five bathrooms. There were flat-screen TVs and Internet connection throughout the house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

The Marines eventually found a hidden passageway behind a mirror, with a handle hidden in the light fixture. The handle opened a secret door, leading down into the escape tunnel, the show explained.

The escape tunnel was fully lit and led to an access door for the city sewage system, “Primero Noticias” said, adding that Guzman had at least a 20-minute head start on the Marines.

The address where Guzman was captured had been monitored for a month, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said. According to Gomez, Guzman and his lieutenant escaped through that drainage system.

“Primero Noticias” said it obtained surveillance footage showing Guzman and his lieutenant emerging from the manhole cover, where they then stole two cars to flee, the show said.

Guzman was finally caught when he and the lieutenant were stopped on a highway by Mexican Federal Police, the show said.

Authorities took them to a motel to wait for reinforcement. The men were then taken to Los Mochis airport and transfered to Mexico City.

Rebecca Blackwell/AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2016.

Guzman is now back in prison as his lawyers fight his extradition to the U.S.

The drug kingpin escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11, launching an active manhunt. When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found a ventilated tunnel and exit had been constructed in the bathtub inside Guzman’s cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July.

Guzman had been sent there after he was arrested in February 2014. He spent more than 10 years on the run after escaping from a different prison in 2001. It’s unclear exactly how he had escaped, but he did receive help from prison guards who were prosecuted and convicted.

Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was once described by the U.S. Treasury as “the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.” The Sinaloa cartel allegedly uses elaborate tunnels for drug trafficking and has been estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. through Mexico.

Source Article from http://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-dramatic-raid-el-chapo/story?id=36216172

Incredible GoPro footage takes you inside the gunfire-heavy raid that ended drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s six months on the run.

The video, obtained from Mexican authorities, looks as if it’s from an action movie. The camera follows the armed men as they storm the house, unleash grenades and bullets, and search room to room.

The Friday raid was called “Operation Black Swan,” according to the Mexican show “Primero Noticias.” Authorities decided to launch the raid Thursday after they got a tip about where Guzman was sleeping, the show reported.

Seventeen elite unit Mexican Marines launched their assault on the house in the city of Los Mochis at 4:40 a.m., “Primero Noticias” said.

They were met by about one dozen well-armed guards inside who were prepared for a fight, the show said.

The Marines moved from room to room, clearing the house. Upstairs they found two men in one room and found two women on the floor of a bathroom. All were captured, “Primero Noticias” said.

After 15 minutes, the Marines controlled the entire house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

In the end, five guards were killed and two men and two women were detained. One of the women was the same cook Guzman had with him when he was detained a couple years ago, according to “Primero Noticias.”

Eventually the marines determined that the only bedroom on the first floor was Guzman’s and they began pounding on the walls and moving furniture, finding hidden doors, the show said.

His room had a king-sized bed, bags from fashionable clothing stores, bread and cookie wrappers, and medicine including injectable testosterone, syringes, antibiotics and cough syrups, the show said. The two-story house had four bedrooms and five bathrooms. There were flat-screen TVs and Internet connection throughout the house, according to “Primero Noticias.”

The Marines eventually found a hidden passageway behind a mirror, with a handle hidden in the light fixture. The handle opened a secret door, leading down into the escape tunnel, the show explained.

The escape tunnel was fully lit and led to an access door for the city sewage system, “Primero Noticias” said, adding that Guzman had at least a 20-minute head start on the Marines.

The address where Guzman was captured had been monitored for a month, Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez has said. According to Gomez, Guzman and his lieutenant escaped through that drainage system.

“Primero Noticias” said it obtained surveillance footage showing Guzman and his lieutenant emerging from the manhole cover, where they then stole two cars to flee, the show said.

Guzman was finally caught when he and the lieutenant were stopped on a highway by Mexican Federal Police, the show said.

Authorities took them to a motel to wait for reinforcement. The men were then taken to Los Mochis airport and transfered to Mexico City.

Rebecca Blackwell/AP PHOTO
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, Jan. 8, 2016.

Guzman is now back in prison as his lawyers fight his extradition to the U.S.

The drug kingpin escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City on July 11, launching an active manhunt. When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found a ventilated tunnel and exit had been constructed in the bathtub inside Guzman’s cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July.

Guzman had been sent there after he was arrested in February 2014. He spent more than 10 years on the run after escaping from a different prison in 2001. It’s unclear exactly how he had escaped, but he did receive help from prison guards who were prosecuted and convicted.

Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was once described by the U.S. Treasury as “the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.” The Sinaloa cartel allegedly uses elaborate tunnels for drug trafficking and has been estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. through Mexico.

Source Article from http://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-dramatic-raid-el-chapo/story?id=36216172

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Investigadores recolectan evidencias en el hotel Splendid, donde ocurrió el ataque.

Al menos 29 personas de 18 nacionalidades murieron durante el asalto a un hotel de Burkina Faso por supuestos atacantes islamismas, según informó el gobierno este sábado.

El ministro del Interior Simon Compaore señaló que en total 126 personas fueron liberadas, 30 de ellas heridas, del Hotel Splendid en Uagadugú, la capital de la nación en el occidente de África.

Dijo que 10 cuerpos fueron encontrados en la terraza de la cafetería.

Indicó que cuatro atacantes, incluidas dos mujeres, murieron durante la operación de las fuerzas de seguridad del país apoyadas por fuerzas especiales francesas.

Sobrevivientes dijeron que los atacantes incendiaron el edificio, tras disparar a la mayor cantidad de personas posibles y luego atacaron un segundo hotel cercano.

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Según los testigos, antes de comenzar el ataque al hotel, uno o dos coches bomba estallaron.

El presidente de Francia, Francois Hollande, condenó el “detestable” ataque en la antigua colonia francesa.

La organización extremista Al Qaeda en el Maghreb Islámico (AQMI) declaró que llevó a cabo el ataque, según analistas.

Este mismo grupo realizó un ataque en noviembre pasado en un hotel en la capital de Mali, Bamako, que dejó 19 muertos.

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Los hombres armados y enmascarados entraron al conocido hotel el viernes tomando rehenes y haciendo explotar al menos un vehículo.

En respuesta, fuerzas de seguridad iniciaron un asalto para capturar a los atacantes y rescatar a los rehenes.

El grupo atacante respondió con disparos a las fuerzas de seguridad al ingresar al hotel, una parte del cual estalló en llamas.

Según testigos citados por medios locales, los atacantes hicieron explotar uno o dos coches antes de ingresar al edificio.

Al Qaeda

La organización SITE, que analiza las actividades de grupos yihadistas, indicó que AQMI está detrás del ataque, pero afirma que los responsables son miembros del grupo Al Murabitoun, que está basado en el desierto del Sahara en el norte de Mali y está integrado por combatientes leales al veterano militante argelino Mokhtar Belmokhtar.

El mes pasado el grupo extremista anunció que se uniría a AQMI.

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Se dijo que 10 personas murieron en la cafetería del hotel.

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Fuerzas esperciales de Francia apoyaron a las fuerzas locales.

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Según testigos citados por medios locales, los atacantes hicieron estallar al menos un coche antes de ingresar al edificio.

Belmokhtar, un comandante que tiene un solo ojo que combatió contra las fuerzas soviéticas en Afganistán en los 1980, perteneció a AQMI pero se separó de la organización tras divisiones con los líderes.

El yihadista ha sido declarado muerto en numerosas ocasiones. La última vez fue tras un ataque aéreo de EE.UU. el 14 de junio en Libia. Pero su muerte no fue formalmente confirmada.

El hotel

El hotel Splendid es popular entre turistas y diplomáticos que viajan desde occidente y también es usado por el personal de Naciones Unidas.

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En los alrededores del hotel atacado se podía ver a miembros de los cuerpos de seguridad armados.

Un trabajador de un café cercano afirmó a la agencia France Presse que “varias personas” fueron asesinadas en el establecimiento hotelero.

Se sabe que un restaurante cercano también fue atacado.

“Todavía estamos en un contexto de fragilidad política, así que creo que el momento de este ataque es significativo”, le dijo a la BBC desde Uagadugú Cynthia Ohayon, analista de la organización International Crisis Group.

“El país tiene fronteras largas con Malí y Níger, y sabemos que hay grupos armados presentes en la frontera, por lo que esto se veía venir”, concluyó.

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