# El Chapo has been caught, again **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chapo-has-been-caught-again/742520 "2016-01-08T19:43:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chapo-has-been-caught-again/742520/1 "2016-01-08T19:43:20Z")
What a life. > **[Mexico Has Recaptured Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo'](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/08/462396537/mexico-has-recaptured-drug-kingpin-el-chapo)** > > Nearly six months after his most recent escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico, drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán has been caught, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced. Time for more tunnels. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chapo-has-been-caught-again/742520/2 "2016-01-08T19:47:00Z")
Why can’t the Mexican government put an ankle tracking bracelet on him? With so much corruption there, I wouldn’t be surprised if he escapes again. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chapo-has-been-caught-again/742520/3 "2016-01-08T19:58:15Z")
Heck, chip him, ear tag him and tattoo him! ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chapo-has-been-caught-again/742520/4 "2016-01-08T20:02:08Z")
Are they sure it’s really him and not his twin brother, Oscar? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chapo-has-been-caught-again/742520/5 "2016-01-08T20:11:25Z")
Just an FYI: there’s a longer thread with today’s update included over in IMHO. > **[Mexican Drug Cartel Kingpin Captured \[update\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=716484)** > > Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is now in prison. Historically, Mexican prisons have had a difficult time keeping these folks incarcerated. Others, with this much influence, in prison lacked no creature comforts. And he is (was) a huge part of the... ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chapo-has-been-caught-again/742520/6 "2016-01-08T20:51:53Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Why can’t the Mexican government put an ankle tracking bracelet on him? Those are really easy to escape from compared to a high security prison cell. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chapo-has-been-caught-again/742520/7 "2016-01-08T20:59:30Z")
Good idea. Let’s close this one, and vamos to the other one. I know the OP, it’s okay. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-chapo-has-been-caught-again/742520/8 "2016-01-08T21:09:23Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > Good idea. Let’s close this one, and vamos to the other one. I know the OP, it’s okay. Heh…I hadn’t noticed the OP in each thread until _after_ I made the post (purely out of interest following the escapades). As you say, thread closed. And, once more, [here’s a link to the other thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=716484).