Drug Lord El Chapo Guzman Remains a Fugitive, and Some People in Mexico Like It That Way Christopher Woody - Business Insider
go to original September 30, 2015

While the world is on the hunt for Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Adrian Baschuk explores El Chapo's hometown of Culiacan, Mexico and sees just how ingrained the culture of narcotics is in this city. (Seeker Stories)

Eleven weeks after slipping through a mile-long, air-conditioned tunnel to freedom from a maximum-security prison, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán remains free despite an intense manhunt and a multimillion-dollar bounty.

While there have been unconfirmed reports that he has traveled around Mexico and ventured abroad, hard details about the whereabouts of the notorious kingpin remain elusive.

And that may have something to do with Guzmán’s popularity with people in Mexico, particularly residents in his home state of Sinaloa. In the weeks after his jailbreak, some appeared to welcome his possible return to his hometown.

“He is not a person who threatens, intimidates,” Francisco Villa Gurrola, a pastor in Guzmán’s home municipality of Badiraguato, told Vice News. “He knows how to converse, knows how to speak. As an individual, I recognise him as a good person.”

While public displays have been limited, some have demonstrated their support.

“We are happy because the boss of Culiacan, of all Sinaloa, got out. We are cheerful,” Jose Antonio Medina told Vice at a sparsely attended rally held in Sinaloa’s capital, Culiacan, a few days after the escape.

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