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Mexican Cartel Violence

Drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman appears in rare prison video after 2016 arrest

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New video of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' in prison Video

New video of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' in prison

WATCH: Newly released video shows Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman being registered at a Mexican jail.

Meet the man formerly known as prisoner “3870” who just happened to be among the most powerful drug lords in Mexico.

A video has emerged purportedly showing Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman being booked into a detention center in 2016.

The footage, first obtained by the news website Latinus, shows Guzman answering a series of questions at the Altiplano prison, a maximum security facility in Mexico.

A man believed to be Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is pictured in what is believed to be the Altiplano prison in 2016, in this still image taken from a video supplied by news site Latinus on February 18, 2020. LATINUS/via REUTERS

A man believed to be Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is pictured in what is believed to be the Altiplano prison in 2016, in this still image taken from a video supplied by news site Latinus on February 18, 2020. LATINUS/via REUTERS

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He states that his alias is “El Chapo," his occupation is a “farmer," and when asked for his wife’s name, responds: “The one I’m married to is Alejandrina Salazar, but the one I live with is Emma Coronel,” according to Reuters.

Guzman is shown signing paperwork while clad in a prison jumpsuit that has the number “3870” emblazoned on it. He sits down with his hands behind his back so a prison worker can take a booking photo.

Images the website obtained also depict Guzman getting a haircut and mustache trim. He is then searched before being led into his cell.

A man believed to be Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is pictured in what is believed to be the Altiplano prison in 2016, in this still image taken from a video supplied by news site Latinus on February 18, 2020. LATINUS/via REUTERS

A man believed to be Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is pictured in what is believed to be the Altiplano prison in 2016, in this still image taken from a video supplied by news site Latinus on February 18, 2020. LATINUS/via REUTERS

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It was not immediately clear how Latinus obtained the video.

Juan Pablo Badillo, a lawyer for Guzman in Mexico, told Reuters his impression was that the video appears in line with the facts about what happened that day.

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In 2015, “El Chapo” escaped from the same facility through a 1-mile-long tunnel that opened into the shower area of his cell.

The former Sinaloa Cartel leader was extradited to the U.S. in 2017 and is now serving a life sentence at ADX Florence, dubbed the “Alcatraz of the Rockies.”