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Touring El Chapo’s Tunnel (Excerpt from ‘El Chapo’s Escape’)

In this excerpt, VICE News correspondent Daniel Hernandez heads to Almoloya de Juarez to inspect the tunnel that “El Chapo" allegedly used to orchestrate his escape.

Watch: El Chapo's Escape

Infamous drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who daringly escaped prison on July 11, utilized a tunnel leading from the only "supermax" maximum-security prison in Mexico, where he'd been held. At least that's the explanation Mexican authorities have given as to how the leader of the Sinaloa cartel escaped prison for the second time.

In this excerpt, VICE News correspondent Daniel Hernandez heads to Almoloya de Juarez to inspect the tunnel that "El Chapo" allegedly used to orchestrate his escape.

In Photos: Take a Tour of the Tunnel 'Chapo' Guzman Used to Escape in Mexico

Read: Sure, Now Mexico Will Extradite 'El Chapo' — If He's Caught Again