Mazatlan

Documents: US agents knew of 'El Chapo' escape plots in 2014

The internal DEA documents reveal that drug agents first got information on escape plans in March 2014, about a month after Guzman was captured in the seaside resort town of Mazatlan, Mexico.

Immediately after Guzman's arrest, which was considered a crowning achievement of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's government in its war against drug cartels, various Guzman family members and drug-world associates were considering "potential operations to free Guzman," the documents show.