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鈥淓l Chapo,鈥� head of a cartel responsible for of the drugs that enter the United States from Mexico, escaped out of his Mexican maximum prison security cell聽on Sunday for the second time. The self-made billionaire and 鈥減ublic enemy number 1鈥� in Chicago took a surprisingly simple route out of his walled fortress: a tunnel. But government-led tours through the tunnel show that the floors may have been in violation of prison standards.

鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of like a joke,鈥� Carl Pike, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration official, said to on July 14. 鈥淕ee, a tunnel. Who would have thought?鈥�

鈥淓l Chapo鈥� must have slowly sawed through the flooring in the shower, leaving a rough 20 inch square hole. The flooring by the shower is only a couple inches thick and was not reinforced, in . A 30-foot drop let Joaquin Guzman Loera (鈥淓l Chapo鈥�) fall to the base of the well-equipped tunnel, complete with lighting, oxygen tanks, ventilation, and tracks to move the dirt. The air quality may have even tested by a bird, nicknamed which was found in Guzman鈥檚 cell wastebasket; the bird also could have been a symbol for El Chapo to escape.聽

While the sparse 6-foot by 10-foot prison cell holds a couple concrete shelves, a rubber mattress, a toilet, and all under video camera surveillance, the drug trafficker still managed to vanish under the prison floor in a daring escape. The path to the cell is even blocked by .

Prison warden when when Mexico鈥檚 most-wanted man escaped. The last time Mr. Guzman escaped from prison through bribery and a laundry cart, the warden was removed. Reporters in the prison have noted discrepancies between the surveillance footage of El Chapo and the other inmates, leading to suspicions of inside help. Notably, Guzman sported longer hair while, per prison regulations, all the other inmates observed had shaved or closely cropped hair . At this time聽18 prison employees have been taken in for questioning.聽

Agents from the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) alerted Mexican authorities 16 months ago that plans for Joaquin Guzman Loera (鈥淓l Chapo鈥�) to escape were in the works by the Guzman family. When Guzman escaped was in 2001, he evaded capture for 13 years until he was found in 2014. The complexity of the tunnel has led experts to estimate that around the time the drug leader was caught and re imprisoned. Floors that meet cell regulations might have hindered the drug linchpin's escape, but is is uncertain as to whether thicker, reinforced floors alone could have entirely prevented the escape.聽

While Mexico has , they have yet to respond to US offers of assistance to help capture the escaped convict. In early 2015, the US filed an extradition request for Guzman , but this request was denied on the basis of national sovereignty.

鈥淓l Chapo must stay here to complete his sentence and then I will extradite him,鈥� Jesus Murillo Karam, Mexico鈥檚 Attorney General 聽in January. 鈥淪o about 300 or 400 years later 鈥� it will be a while.鈥�

A video released on Wednesday shows El Chapo ducking behind the wall partition, out of the view of the camera, and then returning to his bed to change his shoes. Guzman then returns to the shower, ducks, and has yet to be seen again.