Official Says 'Not One Single' U.S. Agent Helping in Manhunt for Fugitive Drug Lord Andrew V. Pestano - UPI
go to original October 27, 2015

The newspaper headline reads "Wanted ... again," referring to the world's most wanted drug trafficker, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. (AFP)

The United States is assisting with intelligence operations but has not deployed agents in the hunt for notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, according to a Mexican official.

In a radio interview with Mexico's Radio Formula, Secretary of Interior Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said "not one single person" from a U.S. security agency is participating in the manhunt for Guzman in Mexico.

The United States is collaborating by exchanging technology and intelligence to aid in the capture of Guzman, Osorio explained.

"We're working on his capture, but it would be irresponsible to say we've got him in one place or that we're surrounding him," Osorio said, adding that he could not provide an estimate of when Guzman will be captured.

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Related: Mexico Searches in 3 States, Seizes 11 Planes in Drug Lord Hunt (Associated Press)

Related: El Chapo Vanishes as Mexican Forces Desperately Search Homes (teleSUR)

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