El Chapo was found guilty of 10 counts involving narcotic distribution (Image: GETTY)
The DEA who was responsible for taking down the notorious drug lord has spoken out on his capture. Special agent Ray Donovan explained he had “jumped for joy” after the nearly 30-year investigation in Mexico and the US. He told CNN: “There are evil people in this world, and then there's Chapo Guzman.
"There are people that make bad decisions and do bad things. And then there are people that destroy the lives of thousands upon thousands of people."
El Chapo had previously escaped from two prisons in Mexico by hiding in a laundry cart in 2001 and crawling through an opening in the floor of his shower in 2002.
Mr Donovan exposed Guzman as the one who pushed to lace heroin with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is common in drug overdoses.
The criminal also told his dealers to give the highly addictive drug away in order to hook people.
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El Chapo had previously escaped from two prisons in Mexico by hiding in a laundry cart in 2001 (Image: GETTY)
