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Captured cartel members provided crucial information, leading to multiple raids in Culiacan. However, El Chapo’s tendency to remain elusive ensured he slipped through their fingers time and again, utilizing escape routes linking to sewer systems and safe houses.
Eventually, in February 2014, after a series of close calls and a dramatic chase through underground networks, El Chapo was apprehended in Mazatlan. The joint operation by the Mexican Navy and U.S. agencies proved successful, culminating in a relatively peaceful arrest within a hotel alongside his family members.