US offers $5M reward for information on druglord El Chapo Guzman

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DEA Chief Chuck Rosenberg believes Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman may be hiding out in his home state of Sinaloa, Mexico
US set up a tip line to gather information about Guzman
El Chapo escaped from a maximum-security prison in Mexico via mile-long tunnel last month

By Associated Press and Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 12:49 EST, 5 August 2015 | Updated: 03:00 EST, 6 August 2015

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The US government today announced a $5million reward for information leading to the recapture of one of the world's most wanted drug kingpins, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman.

The US also set up a tip line for information about Guzman, who escaped 'Shawshank'-style from one of Mexico's most secure prisons last month via a sophisticated mile-long tunnel that opened up in his cell's shower. The tip line is being managed by the DEA's San Diego field office.

The acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Chuck Rosenberg, said he believes Guzman is still in Mexico, probably hiding in his home state of Sinaloa.

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Most wanted man: The US government today announced a $5million reward for information leading to the recapture of escaped drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman

Seeking leads: The US also set up a tip linefor American and Mexican residents for information about Guzman

But Rosenberg acknowledged that the elusive Guzman could be anywhere.

'I think he is still in Mexico,' Rosenberg said in a meeting with reporters. "Do I know that? No. It's an educated guess.'

The head of the DEA also revealed to reporters Wednesday that the US had no prior knowledge that Guzman was building a secret tunnel leading out of the prison.

When he heard of El Chapo's brazen escape on July 11, Rosenberg said he was extremely disappointed but 'not terribly surprised.'

'I mean, it had happened before, right? So fool me once, shame on you -- I think I have that right -- fool me twice, shame on me,' he said.

Guzman has twice been captured and twice managed to break out. He was first jailed after being extradited from Guatemala in 1993 and escaped from a maximum security prison in 2001.

Video retraces El Chapo's escape route through underground tunnel

Path to freedom: Guzman escpaed last month from one of Mexico's most secure prisons last month via a sophisticated mile-long tunnel

Earthworks: The tunnel would have taken at least a year to build with four miners working 10-hour shifts

A motorcycle adapted to a rail used by Guzman to move through a tunnel through beneath El Altiplano prison

Inside El Chapo's cell including 50cm-wise escape tunnel

Thirteen years later he was arrested again in the seaside resort town of Mazatlan and escaped again about 16 months later.

Mexican authorities have announced a $3.8million reward for Guzman, who is believed to have a net worth of about $1billion from drug sales.

Rosenberg said the DEA and US authorities continue to work with their Mexican counterparts on the search for Guzman.

Mexican lawmakers have admitted that at least 18 minutes passed before anyone at the maximum-security Altipiano prison raised the alarm.

Guzman took out a 20-by-20 inch grill in the shower floor of his cell and climbed down a 32ft shaft into the complex tunnel system.

Entryway: Guzman took out a 20-by-20 inch grill in the shower floor of his cell and climbed down a 32ft shaft into the complex tunnel system

Guzman has been taunting the world on Twitter since his daring escape, vowing to escape again if he is caught

The tunnel would have taken at least a year to build with four miners working 10-hour shifts - with digging and drilling under the guards' noses. The prison is fitted with censors which are meant to detect drilling.

In messages posted on a Twitter account attributed to Guzman, the world's most wanted coc\aine traficker vowed that f he is caught, he will just escape again.