El Chapo's drug tunnels, explained

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  • How El Chapo dug his way to the top of the drug trade.
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    Throughout his career as a drug trafficker, tunnels have been the common theme in El Chapo’s story. When he gained control of a major drug trafficking corridor in the late 1980s, Joaquin Guzman Loera - then known as “el Rapido”- was the first to create super tunnels for transporting drugs across the border.
    At the time, a crackdown by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) meant Colombian cocaine was in decline and the Mexican narcotrafficker saw an opportunity. By using tunnels to facilitate fast transport, El Chapo leveraged his role as a trafficker to claim new responsibilities as a cultivator and distributor of drugs.
    Over the next twenty years, he learned how to use his drug tunnels in ways nobody had ever imagined and his success became dependent on his subterranean inclinations. Although his masterful use of tunnels led him to a maximum security jail cell at Altiplano prison, it would be tunnels that also led him back out again.
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  • @Vox
    @Vox  6 років тому +2062

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    • @greycookie666
      @greycookie666 6 років тому +7

      Are you guys collaborating with 99% invisible, is this one of those weird flukes or is someone fishy? They just released podcast about the same thing.

    • @ajayrathode7553
      @ajayrathode7553 6 років тому +5

      I wud like to know who directed this ?

    • @bushsux186
      @bushsux186 6 років тому +8

      Yeah, they must have listened to the same podcast and made up this little piece. If you’re going to do this, @Vox At least give credit to 99% Invisible for inspiring your video, otherwise it’s straight plagiarism.

    • @wassgood42
      @wassgood42 6 років тому +5

      Vox is fake news

    • @opopulista8134
      @opopulista8134 6 років тому +3

      too much minecraft during the childhood

  • @yuh6271
    @yuh6271 6 років тому +17515

    El Chapo has taken Minecraft to another level.

  • @Theking-td8il
    @Theking-td8il 5 років тому +10348

    When you get bored in prison “ ight ima head out”

  • @ellardkurvin1459
    @ellardkurvin1459 4 роки тому +14610

    Media: "He's the tunnel king!"
    The people who actually dug the tunnel and broke him out: *:(*

  • @Internalisverychill
    @Internalisverychill 3 роки тому +6329

    "That run on solar power"
    *Mans saving the enviroment*

    • @Erick23679
      @Erick23679 3 роки тому +19

      Ye

    • @koryh2114
      @koryh2114 3 роки тому +5

      He murdered peope

    • @Erick23679
      @Erick23679 3 роки тому +316

      @@koryh2114 if you think about it
      Less people = Less people that waste resources= saving the enviroment

    • @g_g1241
      @g_g1241 3 роки тому +27

      @@koryh2114 r/whooosh

    • @elijahzafcab4660
      @elijahzafcab4660 3 роки тому +10

      What the?
      El chapo is a dangerous man. He does not help, he KILLED. I'm glad he is in prison

  • @realone8875
    @realone8875 6 років тому +10694

    *america* build a wall
    *mexico* build a tunnel

    • @darkelitus
      @darkelitus 5 років тому +251

      canada builds a plane

    • @99HAXXOR
      @99HAXXOR 5 років тому +202

      India:Build toilet.

    • @darkelitus
      @darkelitus 5 років тому +99

      @@99HAXXOR nah fam they do it in the river

    • @DanielLee-sf9ds
      @DanielLee-sf9ds 5 років тому +72

      Chinese government builds a wall.
      Chinese people set up ladders.

    • @success_storm
      @success_storm 5 років тому +37

      Real One woman makes a sandwich

  • @kienthandrey
    @kienthandrey 4 роки тому +4157

    Police: *blinks*
    El Chapo: *ADIOS*

    • @chudthug
      @chudthug 4 роки тому +7

      Nuclear power

    • @ehsome
      @ehsome 4 роки тому +18

      ight imma head out

    • @ymir.2
      @ymir.2 4 роки тому +19

      “Adiós, los idiotas ni siquiera podrían ponerme en el segundo piso” 〜 El Chapo

    • @someguyontheinternet8282
      @someguyontheinternet8282 4 роки тому +1

      El chapo:speedrun time!

    • @ogmurri9621
      @ogmurri9621 4 роки тому +1

      stolen joke

  • @mohammadaladham7721
    @mohammadaladham7721 6 років тому +9167

    At least the tunnel is solar powered!

    • @henrylim96
      @henrylim96 6 років тому +455

      tunnel and solar. i guess elon musk will love it

    • @skysthelimitvideos
      @skysthelimitvideos 6 років тому +156

      He’s a criminal not a Captain Planet villain ;)

    • @Pbdave1092
      @Pbdave1092 6 років тому +448

      Didn't know criminals were more eco-friendly and intelligent than the US president.

    • @karimshebeika8010
      @karimshebeika8010 6 років тому +259

      @@Pbdave1092 who says the US president is not a criminal? ^^

    • @legalizze.420.gaming6
      @legalizze.420.gaming6 6 років тому +62

      These coments are great !! ^^

  • @ivan09fr
    @ivan09fr 3 роки тому +2768

    Everyone gangster until you’re taking a bath and el chapo comes from under you

  • @routadu
    @routadu 4 роки тому +10389

    Everybody gangsta until El Chapo comes out of your toilet

  • @aymanTV1
    @aymanTV1 4 роки тому +11107

    Vote El Chapo - He vented

  • @landry107
    @landry107 4 роки тому +3180

    This man was reading them Minecraft handbooks

  • @shook941
    @shook941 3 роки тому +2191

    even though he has done terrible things, you have to admit that his ideas are genius

    • @jakkesang
      @jakkesang 3 роки тому +8

      No

    • @eggburp8492
      @eggburp8492 3 роки тому +1

      Oh

    • @remigal899
      @remigal899 3 роки тому +94

      No need to tell us this when every comment already has. Seems like y’all are just finding a way to compliment him. 💀

    • @who7950
      @who7950 3 роки тому +26

      @@remigal899 everyone knows he’s smart that’s why, a poor farm boy who dropped out of elementary became one of the most richest drug dealers in the world

    • @remigal899
      @remigal899 3 роки тому +15

      @@who7950 cares

  • @accusatire5749
    @accusatire5749 4 роки тому +7754

    Imagine a normal morning, your just in your house with a cup of coffee just enjoying the sunlight. All of the sudden you see El Chapo just come from under your TV💀

  • @ryan.y4895
    @ryan.y4895 5 років тому +5923

    Criminals are always intelligent.
    Just not used the right way.

    • @gabrielas142
      @gabrielas142 5 років тому +157

      not always tho

    • @geannyperez9724
      @geannyperez9724 5 років тому +184

      That’s true like what if the government put their knowledge to good use

    • @jasonelRailFan
      @jasonelRailFan 5 років тому +57

      Ryan.Y
      Will el chapo is not such a bad guy he also gave money to the governments so they can improve there schools and education.

    • @jasonelRailFan
      @jasonelRailFan 5 років тому +4

      lit lit
      it’s 2019! No one knows what’s right and what’s wrong now

    • @jasonelRailFan
      @jasonelRailFan 5 років тому +2

      lit lit
      I see your point
      We do have different points of view

  • @kmoney4648
    @kmoney4648 4 роки тому +5902

    He’s good at escaping but not hiding

    • @offdasyrup9288
      @offdasyrup9288 4 роки тому +721

      After his first escape he literally was free for 14 years 💀😂wym

    • @AbrahamWeskley
      @AbrahamWeskley 4 роки тому +73

      Yeah man do you not pay attention

    • @Deebo_479
      @Deebo_479 4 роки тому +12

      Fool look up his movie u will see

    • @alphaleague6472
      @alphaleague6472 4 роки тому +81

      There’s only so many times you can escape and hide before police catches on and find methods to catch you quicker

    • @CAPYTC
      @CAPYTC 4 роки тому +9

      (He's good at escaping) he now in ADX lets bet Joe biden 100million dollar if he can escape.

  • @qiot6941
    @qiot6941 3 роки тому +430

    Imagine what his genius brain could’ve been used for if he wasn’t born into a drugwar

    • @rubenambriz
      @rubenambriz 7 місяців тому +5

      Apple Iphone

    • @yosho9846
      @yosho9846 5 місяців тому

      ​@@rubenambriz ?

  • @dioun1842
    @dioun1842 5 років тому +4517

    He’s living the life of every GTA players have ever dreamt of

  • @mondobytes
    @mondobytes 6 років тому +11916

    El Chapo should help Elon Musk with the boring company to build tunnels faster 😂

    • @pyry6806
      @pyry6806 5 років тому +159

      So nobody noticed thid dude has 400k subs

    • @AIENQ
      @AIENQ 5 років тому +30

      😂😂😂
      wise advice

    • @zycklacon9588
      @zycklacon9588 5 років тому +6

      Wise

    • @donald_doe
      @donald_doe 5 років тому +25

      @@pyry6806 400k subs but only gets like 50k views for each video 🤔

    • @pyry6806
      @pyry6806 5 років тому +15

      Johnson Pootisman who tf cares

  • @BrokeSkies
    @BrokeSkies 4 роки тому +9322

    he might not of been the best person but he is still smart

    • @harold6524
      @harold6524 4 роки тому +180

      Far from the best

    • @egg-iu3fe
      @egg-iu3fe 4 роки тому +377

      you need to be smart to be at that level to not get killed

    • @kevin02era50
      @kevin02era50 4 роки тому +185

      @@harold6524 he wasn’t the best but he would help out a lot of the poverty in Mexico and go against the corrupt government

    • @de_la_6.515
      @de_la_6.515 4 роки тому +237

      He's not the worst person neither like your media made you believe. He never killed innocent people and would help them out financially. He only killed rivals who where in that business.

    • @viptech_c5286
      @viptech_c5286 4 роки тому +38

      he just has the money and fear needed to buy and manipulate smarter people to help him

  • @oliverdoodoo9991
    @oliverdoodoo9991 3 роки тому +78

    I like how he was just sitting on this bed and he fr said “aight imma head out”

  • @Sabtien1
    @Sabtien1 5 років тому +3064

    At least they use renewable energy 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😭

    • @Jdalio5
      @Jdalio5 5 років тому +59

      He has my vote, hes a lot less corrupt than nancy pelosi

    • @beSaifx
      @beSaifx 5 років тому +131

      "Our drugs are made using 100% renewable energy",

    • @wishicldstaysickwu
      @wishicldstaysickwu 4 роки тому +1

      Are your favourite colours yellow and blue by any chance? 😂

    • @durururururururu
      @durururururururu 4 роки тому +13

      "Professionals have STANDARDS"

    • @wrengaming1519
      @wrengaming1519 4 роки тому

      Well... Yeah...

  • @nyooom7467
    @nyooom7467 6 років тому +2084

    Wait
    El chapos cartel made a tunnel that worked on solar energy
    *CHAPO GONE GREEN*

  • @MrAykut23
    @MrAykut23 6 років тому +2048

    This guy reminds me of Mario or Luigi going in & out of pipes

    • @anonymous-_-8745
      @anonymous-_-8745 6 років тому +10

      😂😂omg yesss

    • @johncarter9704
      @johncarter9704 6 років тому +11

      lol, I'm Mexican and I'm really concerned that I haven't seen these in cartoons, Mexico has let me down.

    • @campkira
      @campkira 6 років тому +8

      Here the sound every time tunnel bring up.

    • @msergio0293
      @msergio0293 6 років тому +1

      Lol

    • @lavan6298
      @lavan6298 6 років тому +2

      Aykut i sincerely hope El Chapo sees this

  • @reecesfootball
    @reecesfootball 3 роки тому +539

    Imagine if this guy put his mind into doing something positive. He is smart

    • @andrews476
      @andrews476 3 роки тому +40

      El Chapo came from poverty so he had to do something to survive, we would all do the same thing under similar circumstances.

    • @themanwithnoname6637
      @themanwithnoname6637 3 роки тому +23

      Imagine if you grew up in a poor family in a rural part of Mexico that has no economy/jobs, and where education is a luxury that is only available to the middle class and the rich. What would you do so that you and your family did not have to starve?

    • @domeurylantigua4520
      @domeurylantigua4520 3 роки тому

      His dad did it first

    • @Manny-117
      @Manny-117 3 роки тому +2

      @The Man With No Name that not an excuse for such excess in violence and murder

    • @god-incarnate
      @god-incarnate 3 роки тому

      @@Manny-117 Then now place yourself in such situation.

  • @synrgi
    @synrgi 5 років тому +3193

    It's easy just put bedrock under the ground so they can't escape

    • @jazmin-bt4ub
      @jazmin-bt4ub 5 років тому +169

      synrgi or obsidian and take away all their diamond picaxes

    • @cosmo1220
      @cosmo1220 5 років тому +67

      tatiana it only will take 4 minutes tho with their fist

    • @isabella5177
      @isabella5177 5 років тому +30

      A Busy Amateur you counted how long it takes to break obsidian with ur fist?

    • @AzmiMaulanaHamdani
      @AzmiMaulanaHamdani 5 років тому +45

      Bruh what if got creative mode on

    • @atharvrangari4375
      @atharvrangari4375 5 років тому +19

      modern problems require modern solutions.

  • @Whatever-ew4ti
    @Whatever-ew4ti 4 роки тому +1665

    Imagine building a wall to stop people coming from tunnels

  • @brenda-er6xy
    @brenda-er6xy 6 років тому +593

    honestly? absolutely nothing is going to stop drugs from being transported anywhere bc as long as people want drugs they'll find a way to get them

    • @miamartinez3679
      @miamartinez3679 5 років тому +24

      Yes drug abuse has gone too far to be stopped. These people are trying to stop it but they don't even seem to know where to stop. 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @wormsali
      @wormsali 5 років тому +4

      Brenda
      Yup same with prostitutes and cheap labor

    • @solderbuff
      @solderbuff 5 років тому +2

      Indeed. If America wanted to stop drugs, they would do it. But it looks like there is a demand for cocaine at the highest level.

    • @peanutbrainedbuffoon7913
      @peanutbrainedbuffoon7913 5 років тому

      Yeah we need to take out the root causes first, just like gun violence and other issues of that sort.

    • @glenn3109
      @glenn3109 2 роки тому

      Government helps them move drugs

  • @driblexacab5040
    @driblexacab5040 3 роки тому +301

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Druglord.

    • @rafaelhernandez2497
      @rafaelhernandez2497 3 роки тому +7

      Hes not a teen
      Not a mutant and a ninja 🤣🤣🤣👍

    • @Erick23679
      @Erick23679 3 роки тому +7

      “Teenage Mutan Ninja Druglords” the next best series of Netflix

    • @boiguy7060
      @boiguy7060 3 роки тому

      My guy do be gud doe

  • @henry5636
    @henry5636 6 років тому +468

    Trump: let’s make a wall on top of the border
    El Chapo: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @frst.4633
    @frst.4633 4 роки тому +3965

    this dude is so smart, sad he ended up being a drug dealer instead of a Doctor or any other high paying job

    • @ximenaorta50
      @ximenaorta50 4 роки тому +440

      in méxico being a well-paid professional is very much unlikely

    • @Double_Dave
      @Double_Dave 4 роки тому +237

      it is a market like any else, he saw the opportunity and took it. the fact this market is so violent isn't due to him or others like him being violent, but because of the prohibition forcing them to be... and that is whats sad about this

    • @zarinkai2927
      @zarinkai2927 4 роки тому +293

      Chapo said it himself . Many parts of Mexico have no opportunity. No jobs, no money . The only thing many do is join the drug trade to put some food in their stomach

    • @Double_Dave
      @Double_Dave 4 роки тому +16

      @@garyromero8352 that is already proven by tons of studies, yes

    • @Double_Dave
      @Double_Dave 4 роки тому +5

      @@garyromero8352 it is so obvious that even biden who is partly responsible for the prohibition of some drugs called it a "huge mistake" in the election

  • @Shekhar21402
    @Shekhar21402 6 років тому +2005

    WTF ? Stop dropping narcos spoilers.

    • @muIIiner
      @muIIiner 5 років тому +89

      @@vinayakahk9767
      issa joke

    • @haileymejia
      @haileymejia 5 років тому

      😂😂😂😂

    • @theyoutuber8702
      @theyoutuber8702 5 років тому +14

      Hahha but wait narcos is about Pablo Escobar... They are not the same

    • @abbiecreate
      @abbiecreate 5 років тому

      the youtuber not just pablo, they could make a season about him but he is alive

    • @LeahDada
      @LeahDada 5 років тому

      Vinayaka HK r/ whoosh

  • @salviaikukt2659
    @salviaikukt2659 3 роки тому +65

    You can't be a criminal if you are not intelligent . His tunnels ideas were brilliant and the architect behind it is genius . Though I wonder how far from reality the series on netflix are I just finished one of them and I was captivated by it everyday after work I was watching

  • @TheZzpop
    @TheZzpop 6 років тому +2004

    He used tunnels, planes, and submarines, but thank god we are building a wall.

    • @johncarter9704
      @johncarter9704 6 років тому +26

      Trevor Noah, is this you?

    • @vanesad1355
      @vanesad1355 6 років тому +5

      😂I know right

    • @mr.opossum67
      @mr.opossum67 6 років тому +91

      The vast majority of illegal immigrants and drugs enter the country at legal entry points. But no, we d e f i n e t l y need a wall....

    • @adrianramos8288
      @adrianramos8288 6 років тому +36

      TheZzpop hey it could be used as a canvas for graffiti... lol

    • @medlawar8645
      @medlawar8645 6 років тому +30

      Donald Trump sucks

  • @bonisabonani1259
    @bonisabonani1259 6 років тому +625

    Chapo needs to hook up with Elon Musk and discuss their love for tunnels.

    • @yourpalz3r068
      @yourpalz3r068 6 років тому +21

      that sounds..... wrong..

    • @campkira
      @campkira 6 років тому +4

      Elon is ready for jailbreak.

    • @RushOrbit
      @RushOrbit 6 років тому +6

      Yo you might be on to something here.

    • @lukecarlin9946
      @lukecarlin9946 5 років тому +2

      And solar

  • @Emerald29
    @Emerald29 4 роки тому +1041

    Plot twist: he dug the tunnels to find them diamonds, but got framed as a drug lord instead.

    • @ejj918
      @ejj918 4 роки тому +38

      It was actually hero brine who did the drugs

    • @StreetDrilla
      @StreetDrilla 4 роки тому +14

      @@ejj918 oh yes, those herobrine horror movie days...

    • @BearBoyBebenth
      @BearBoyBebenth 4 роки тому +2

      And the prison is notch

    • @mafiaishere4371
      @mafiaishere4371 3 роки тому +1

      You're too much Minecraft bro😂

    • @ArmpitMiko.
      @ArmpitMiko. 3 роки тому +1

      The Plot Twist Of The Century.

  • @isaac198428
    @isaac198428 3 роки тому +249

    Love him or hate him, you can’t deny the ingenuity of him and his gang. They are masterminds and we’re always 10 times ahead of everyone. Money bought him engineers who looked at every aspect of digging tunnels, the geography of the area and other aspects. I respect that hustle. Only sad that countless innocent lives were lost in the process.

    • @Yassty
      @Yassty 2 роки тому +15

      While one may acknowledge the ingenuity and resourcefulness of El Chapo and his gang in executing their illegal activities, it is important to remember the devastating impact of their actions on society, including the loss of countless innocent lives and the perpetuation of violence and corruption. While it is understandable to recognize their intelligence and cunning, it is crucial not to glorify or condone criminal behavior.

    • @robertcuellar
      @robertcuellar Рік тому

      To bad guzman free 😅

  • @ylc870
    @ylc870 4 роки тому +2564

    This guy should teach engineers in University

    • @I_the_Taco
      @I_the_Taco 3 роки тому +30

      Yeye, just make sure the basement has a secret compartment and you're good to go -!

    • @afzsimz4054
      @afzsimz4054 3 роки тому +79

      He actually sent his men to learn specific engineering to dig the tunnels

    • @kashif2309
      @kashif2309 3 роки тому +8

      this comment reminds me of "catch me If you can "

    • @watchmetry
      @watchmetry 3 роки тому +21

      They hired engineers from a mining company that went bankrupt

    • @afzsimz4054
      @afzsimz4054 3 роки тому +3

      @@watchmetry Interesting, I don't think I watched a video explaining that but it would make sense since the stuff in the tunnel was definitely old mining equipment.

  • @MrFlexNC
    @MrFlexNC 6 років тому +636

    8:22 at least he's against climat change

    • @isabelchmontuenga
      @isabelchmontuenga 6 років тому +29

      I get the feeling that the solar power has more to do with producing it yourself and no leaving a money trail to power them up

    • @MrFlexNC
      @MrFlexNC 6 років тому +35

      @@isabelchmontuenga whooooosh

    • @cule189911
      @cule189911 6 років тому

      hmmmmmmm

    • @isabelchmontuenga
      @isabelchmontuenga 6 років тому +5

      @@MrFlexNCman, the breeze sure feels nice. Maybe we can go with aeolic energy for this

    • @hermurmur
      @hermurmur 6 років тому

      rofl

  • @mylesj3574
    @mylesj3574 5 років тому +565

    Prison guard: * Blinks *
    El Chapo: *I’M BOUTA HEAD OUT*

  • @hoodbaby7931
    @hoodbaby7931 3 роки тому +80

    When they lit up that weed prolly had the whole village high asf

  • @erwin7371
    @erwin7371 4 роки тому +985

    I would be very impressed if he escapes again. It would also be very embarrassing for the US, since they clowned Mexico for their failure.

    • @mairl00167
      @mairl00167 4 роки тому +26

      it ll not happen, sadly..

    • @crazyperson1063
      @crazyperson1063 4 роки тому +56

      I highly doubt he’ll be able to escape in us

    • @angelcxv4695
      @angelcxv4695 4 роки тому +87

      Being offered millions of dollars and having good contacts high up, everything is possible, alcatraz was once a inescapabol prison until 3 prisoners escaped.

    • @T3knomi
      @T3knomi 4 роки тому +16

      @@angelcxv4695. I think there was a movie about those 3 people that escaped.

    • @chaotic_kpopfanmultistan7042
      @chaotic_kpopfanmultistan7042 4 роки тому +5

      Viking
      From that one prison in Illinois?

  • @Strothy2
    @Strothy2 6 років тому +472

    is this a very long version of "Why a wall would fail"?

    • @michaelpomales8021
      @michaelpomales8021 5 років тому +22

      Ermhs Parasoidis are you brain dead? Tunnels go under walls, even if trump built 40 feet under the wall in defenses, some of these walls go more then 70 feet deep

    • @bigbassin22
      @bigbassin22 5 років тому

      ​@@michaelpomales8021So are we gonna ignore the coyotes smuggling people in?

    • @michaelpomales8021
      @michaelpomales8021 5 років тому +5

      SPlacid no, which is why we shouldn’t build a wall, because if anything it gives those cruel exploiters more business helping people cross a more dangerous and challenging border, giving them reason to charge more and do more business, if anything we should make it easier for good people to come in legally so these people have less buisness

    • @naysaynetwork5271
      @naysaynetwork5271 5 років тому +1

      Michael Pomales bad idea.

    • @firedskull5015
      @firedskull5015 5 років тому

      So what?! Build a wall underground and make the Mexicans pay for it!
      - Donald Trump 2019

  • @iamgod4837
    @iamgod4837 5 років тому +641

    At least he's using green energy in some of the tunnels

    • @bryanramos5251
      @bryanramos5251 4 роки тому +30

      He used green energy because it doesn’t cost a bill from the government. Gas, oil and Electric bill will spark someone snooping.

    • @Dudndbdjdn
      @Dudndbdjdn 4 роки тому +1

      Hes a hero

  • @jordenreece9541
    @jordenreece9541 3 роки тому +28

    Imagine you’re just chillin on the couch and all of a sudden el chapo comes out from under your toilet

  • @horizon4482
    @horizon4482 4 роки тому +846

    He is trying to escape for sure, they are digging a tunnel right now 100%

    • @ty4100
      @ty4100 4 роки тому +57

      He will never escape the USA

    • @jaychuaa
      @jaychuaa 4 роки тому +93

      @@ty4100 Cap

    • @dcent6704
      @dcent6704 4 роки тому +9

      @@ty4100 nah he will out

    • @FURIOSO84
      @FURIOSO84 4 роки тому +38

      @@ty4100 if it's made by man..then it can be cracked.

    • @emanuelgarcia1861
      @emanuelgarcia1861 4 роки тому +36

      @Torres Capo so you think there are no corrupt cops in usa?

  • @ApashePelican
    @ApashePelican 6 років тому +345

    Im glad you also touched on the violence caused in Mexico.

    • @argh1989
      @argh1989 6 років тому +5

      This. I wasn't even close to aware of how much blood is being spilled there. I thought that had peaked in the late 90s to mid-2000s.

  • @jariabdulsalam3601
    @jariabdulsalam3601 6 років тому +1130

    The tunnels are paid actor.

    • @nakenmil
      @nakenmil 6 років тому +88

      The tunnels were an underground job.

    • @bobcruz2826
      @bobcruz2826 6 років тому +13

      Tunnels are wall protestors paid by George Soros

    • @xTROLLINGx
      @xTROLLINGx 6 років тому

      No and this isn't the place for this comment since you lack understanding when a shooting happens isn't it obvious they reuse the same people. You can't be that stupid.

    • @tori2dles
      @tori2dles 6 років тому

      Bob Cruz - I hope you said that sarcastically.
      Trump first pushed for a wall in July 2015. The Sinaloa drug cartel, built the first cross-border narcotúnel, in 1989. So those would be some pretty futuristic, over-the-top protestors. LOL.
      Jeez, these Soros claims make him sound as though he’s this omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent evil mastermind.

    • @c.i.a924
      @c.i.a924 6 років тому +1

      Hey have you seen my friend Gavin?

  • @ananthim7358
    @ananthim7358 4 роки тому +156

    So this got recommended to everybody again, after his wife got arrested.

    • @prisila1242
      @prisila1242 3 роки тому +9

      Why did she get arrested

    • @capybara9069
      @capybara9069 3 роки тому +3

      @@prisila1242 idk

    • @joemama3908
      @joemama3908 3 роки тому +6

      @@prisila1242 drug trafficking

    • @4dr1ann
      @4dr1ann 3 роки тому +26

      @@prisila1242 only fans

    • @mochaella7712
      @mochaella7712 3 роки тому +4

      @@4dr1ann BROOO 😭😭😭😭

  • @JuanLopez-kk9wi
    @JuanLopez-kk9wi 5 років тому +398

    Guard: turns around.
    El Chapo: *I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move.*

  • @peacefulfamily7461
    @peacefulfamily7461 6 років тому +640

    Literally mafia boss lvl 1000

    • @-datnerd-3125
      @-datnerd-3125 6 років тому +16

      Nope basically the prisoners are dumb I mean just put him in 2nd floor cell

    • @user-vf3cb7vk8z
      @user-vf3cb7vk8z 6 років тому +2

      How dare you mention perdiepie of Vox's sacred channel

    • @jurajsertich2265
      @jurajsertich2265 6 років тому +7

      @@-datnerd-3125 maybe he had a deal with prisoners so they planned his escape...think about that lol

  • @AdrianoFerreiraPaes
    @AdrianoFerreiraPaes 3 роки тому +27

    His escape be like: aww Man i'm sick of This,bye.

  • @harrydiaz8122
    @harrydiaz8122 5 років тому +293

    Supply and demand. As long as the demand for drugs is high, there will always be a supplier no matter the hurdles.

    • @CatholicWeeb
      @CatholicWeeb 4 роки тому +13

      In other words, Someone somewhere is willing to take that risk no matter the cost or how high the risk.

    • @aabe1189
      @aabe1189 4 роки тому +21

      @@CatholicWeeb You just wrote the same comment. There was no need to explain it.

    • @qqiixy3752
      @qqiixy3752 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah people act like because he’s in jail the drug empire is slowed or sum there are still other cartels out there plus his cartel probably still runs

    • @carloshernandez6888
      @carloshernandez6888 4 роки тому +3

      yeah, they should do rehab for addicts instead of putting them in jail

    • @brishtisamaddar8179
      @brishtisamaddar8179 4 роки тому +1

      Couldn't have been explained better. There can never be a sustained supply unless there is constant demand.

  • @leeby7ur
    @leeby7ur 4 роки тому +919

    LOOOL HE SAID "Ight imma head out" 😭😭😭💀💀💀

  • @mz3409
    @mz3409 5 років тому +375

    El Chapo: gets bored
    Aight imma head out

    • @resquu
      @resquu 4 роки тому

      ur first

  • @doxasnike4789
    @doxasnike4789 4 роки тому +250

    How to beat el chapo: a second floor

    • @kirst3712
      @kirst3712 3 роки тому

      Wdym

    • @Retro3
      @Retro3 3 роки тому +22

      @@kirst3712 second floor of the prison, so he cant dig tunnels

    • @ariankrasniqi5050
      @ariankrasniqi5050 3 роки тому +3

      He will go through the wall

    • @hot-momsrock8449
      @hot-momsrock8449 3 роки тому +7

      literally tho, they knew he already dug tunnels, like, bruh....

    • @TheGuyWithABatsuit
      @TheGuyWithABatsuit 3 роки тому

      @@hot-momsrock8449 well he will be in prision more years

  • @offcolour3814
    @offcolour3814 6 років тому +1221

    *Donald Trump has left the chat*

    • @iphone13max18
      @iphone13max18 6 років тому +4

      Off Colour Y would he leave ?

    • @CrashM85
      @CrashM85 6 років тому +63

      @@iphone13max18 because an above ground wall isn't going to do much to stop a tunneller

    • @GAMEOVER-yy6zj
      @GAMEOVER-yy6zj 6 років тому +16

      This dude has his own harem ( 4+ wives) and baby producing farm ( 10+ children), even our Oompa Loompa is jealous of him.

    • @rosegold973
      @rosegold973 6 років тому +3

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @YO-Finny
      @YO-Finny 6 років тому +2

      @@CrashM85 there will be cameras.. we would know they were digging far before they gain any traction.

  • @danielasfaw6539
    @danielasfaw6539 6 років тому +334

    We need a Netflix show about this asap. Narcos el chapo

    • @MadurangaSirisena
      @MadurangaSirisena 6 років тому +67

      Lol there's already a show.

    • @thunderss1042
      @thunderss1042 6 років тому +75

      Probably Narcos:Mexico gonna do it after they tell the Gallardo story.They even introduce him,even tho he is not so important rn,so im guessing season 3 is gonna be about him.

    • @anchorbait6662
      @anchorbait6662 6 років тому +23

      The guy who plays him on Narcos went to the court house and I guess Chapo knew he was the guy who played him on TV. Surreal moment I'm guessing.

    • @bluchismoon
      @bluchismoon 6 років тому +9

      There is a show about El Chapo, that I know of, but it was made for Spanish speaking audiences. If you know Spanish you can watch it. I think there's two of those actually.

    • @zjpdarkblaze
      @zjpdarkblaze 6 років тому +2

      Taco el Chapo

  • @san708
    @san708 6 років тому +599

    *Stealth 100*

    • @zjpdarkblaze
      @zjpdarkblaze 6 років тому +15

      That toilet. Illusion 100

    • @aturchomicz821
      @aturchomicz821 6 років тому +2

      Riding on motorcycle through tunnel = -25 stealth

    • @Mr.Ramirez95
      @Mr.Ramirez95 6 років тому

      This video has *stealth 100*
      Not to many are making the connection.

  • @alexanderveritas
    @alexanderveritas Рік тому +4

    The _drama_ amount contained in this video: *It’s over 9000!*
    Amazing, I love it.

  • @ZaidShaikh-kb8vf
    @ZaidShaikh-kb8vf 4 роки тому +281

    I always suspected that there was drugs in KFC.

  • @timo42069
    @timo42069 6 років тому +145

    7:29 They actually were raiding another suspects hide out, just happened el chapo was there.

    • @RekaRoams
      @RekaRoams 6 років тому +22

      Damn that's bad luck 🤭

    • @xcofcd
      @xcofcd 6 років тому +3

      That's the problem, the police only has to be lucky once while Chapo needs to be lucky on every raid. Sooner or later they get everyone...

    • @slimepatek65
      @slimepatek65 6 років тому

      That’s not true, they knew he was there. When they did surveillance on his members they often heard someone being referred to as “Grandma” which they realized it was El Chapo and then they raided the house

  • @neighborhood_k
    @neighborhood_k 4 роки тому +600

    You mean to tell me they had already discovered these tunnels before his capture and they didn't think to do something to prevent this upon his arrest? That's blatant corruption right there.

    • @MINECRAFTERO657
      @MINECRAFTERO657 3 роки тому +16

      Nope, the tunnels from which he escaped, were built while he was there iirc

    • @Mia.S13
      @Mia.S13 3 роки тому +41

      @@MINECRAFTERO657 no they mean that the authorities knew he used tunnels to smuggle drugs and didn’t think to prevent a tunnel to help him escape his cell

    • @jumanawaheed7871
      @jumanawaheed7871 3 роки тому +10

      @@Mia.S13 the video says that its hard to detect where the tunnels are being built

    • @meow-rh5to
      @meow-rh5to 2 роки тому +2

      Obviously both Mexican and IS a officials are on his payroll.. come on now

    • @Chains.fanpage.
      @Chains.fanpage. 2 роки тому

      @@jumanawaheed7871 they already found them💀

  • @FamousDex.
    @FamousDex. 3 роки тому +7

    imagine chilling and then a cloud of weed burned by the military drifts in your window and you are high for 8 years

  • @SceneComparisons
    @SceneComparisons 4 роки тому +761

    Narcos is an amazing show.

    • @desireepetitdemurat8660
      @desireepetitdemurat8660 4 роки тому +34

      Stop glorifying narcos, the cruelty and the amount of deaths in my country are not funny at all.

    • @nyawndere
      @nyawndere 4 роки тому +56

      @@desireepetitdemurat8660 ion care bru its not supposed to be funny, it's supposed to be a quality show and it succeeds in that, both of the shows are in my top favorites of all time.

    • @blitzmau7952
      @blitzmau7952 4 роки тому +8

      @@desireepetitdemurat8660 he meant the show not them

    • @Sarah-uv5gz
      @Sarah-uv5gz 4 роки тому +2

      @@nyawndere she is not saying it was funny, she just doesn’t want people to be amused by the romanization of the drug cartel. Glorifying it bc it’s such tragedy

    • @sebastiantwee6726
      @sebastiantwee6726 4 роки тому

      @@desireepetitdemurat8660 lol

  • @Otaku-gf7iq
    @Otaku-gf7iq 6 років тому +1100

    You think a wall can stop this?

    • @AMGmy17
      @AMGmy17 6 років тому +35

      Actually, yes.

    • @waterwaters
      @waterwaters 6 років тому +96

      Fahmi Annas so what do you think it will do to the planes and submarines he uses?

    • @Vyrkhan
      @Vyrkhan 6 років тому +56

      Actually, doesn't matter. Almost 80% of the drugs in the US came from the docks. (thanks to NAFTA).

    • @aandrewgarciaa_
      @aandrewgarciaa_ 6 років тому +12

      @@AMGmy17 how

    • @victorviereck4117
      @victorviereck4117 6 років тому +28

      @@Vyrkhan " it's better to be dumb than have half the knowledge "
      - Socrates
      You know that a majority of US consumed illegal Drugs come from the docks but don't know how. They come from china( the so called "communist" one , ie the PRC ) . They take advantage of our Postal acts, because of which we can't check what's inside a postal package while transportation. That why , they ship almost finished drugs or raw materials for drug production ( Both of which are a million times more harder to find that say completely processed drugs) and then they are processed at one of the three major processing hubs in US - San Diego ( California), Toledo (Oregon ), or Lynnwood ( Washington) . Then they are trucked to distribution hubs in 23 States.
      The Problem with catching the processing facilities are that :-
      1) The processing facilities don't order the almost finished drugs or raw materials for drug production, they arrive from China and are then sold to the production facilities. And there is so much competition in this industry that if one production facility is closed another one will just pop up near by. Also the ridiculous amounts of profits made through a production facility don't help the problem. One production facility earns the owner close to 1.5 billion dollars yearly on average.
      2) Finding these facilities are like finding a needle in a haystack where if you mistakenly pick up the hay you are having a two months suspension sentence best
      and a 3 years prison sentence worst.
      In each of these production hub cities there are at least 1 productions facility for every 1000 residential homes. You can't go banging on the doors of thousands of people suddenly now can you?

  • @spaghettinoodles9237
    @spaghettinoodles9237 4 роки тому +225

    when you relize that even el chapo is eco friendly
    8:27

  • @parky7417
    @parky7417 3 роки тому +6

    Imagine wandering around and you hear a motorcycle underneath you 💀

  • @inmyglowupera
    @inmyglowupera 4 роки тому +154

    Yeah because he has connections to the police. They had to imprison him in a different state all together

    • @qqiixy3752
      @qqiixy3752 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah thats usually how it works the big grand bosses will have or make some sort of connection to the police to get their way

  • @justinhutchison3070
    @justinhutchison3070 6 років тому +543

    That's the problem with the wall, there will just be tunnels built underneath

    • @BMWROYAL
      @BMWROYAL 6 років тому +63

      Justin Hutchison I feel that’s why vox uploaded this lol

    • @hr2883
      @hr2883 6 років тому +12

      No it will be 10ft stuck into the ground

    • @extrapolate
      @extrapolate 6 років тому +89

      wow maxamillian tunnels can go deeper than that

    • @shoulders-of-giants
      @shoulders-of-giants 6 років тому +39

      The wall is figurative.
      The actual wall will be in people's heads.

    • @AidenYuso
      @AidenYuso 6 років тому +7

      @@hr2883 ppl would still dig 10ft underground if that was the case

  • @augustgreig9420
    @augustgreig9420 6 років тому +183

    Man, the government must be angry about these tunnels. It must suck to have competition from Mexico when you work so hard to bring heroin in from Afghanistan.

    • @AB-dr8wq
      @AB-dr8wq 6 років тому +19

      August Greig - that is soo true haha. In Afghanistan, opium exportation sky rocketed post 2001. Exportation was in all time low after 1996 when the Taliban took power

    • @omarbojorquez7826
      @omarbojorquez7826 6 років тому +4

      Yeah lol

    • @rooenzo402
      @rooenzo402 6 років тому

      ddd ddd yeah they did ban it during their rule but you’re missing the point, post 2001 the taliban started funding their operations from the opium trade, they own the opium trade or at least used to.

    • @markw4318
      @markw4318 6 років тому

      Just pump full of carbon monoxide. RAID!

    • @msergio0293
      @msergio0293 6 років тому

      Hahahaha true

  • @poptart0076
    @poptart0076 2 роки тому +19

    He vented 💀

  • @richardaguilar8582
    @richardaguilar8582 5 років тому +80

    My cousin was at that same jail and my aunt visited him the day El Chapo escaped. She told me that the whole time he was there, there was constant construction in or around the jail. They were putting in new pipes for sewer and had a bunch of dirt piled on the side of the rode near the jail and up to the jail. She said the common joke around the town was that they were building a tunnel for El Chapo and disguising this construction for pipes for all the dirt that was piled on the road. It was like a job anyone can go and get. Everyone knew he was gonna go. It’s like everyone was paid off but in reality, only the warden was and everyone just lived in fear including police.

  • @finerbrighterlighter
    @finerbrighterlighter 5 років тому +58

    4:00 I can only imagine how those people around that bonfire feel that day

  • @樫野崎灯台
    @樫野崎灯台 4 роки тому +212

    America: builds walls
    Mexico: *I’m gonna end this mans whole career*

  • @Lo.Humbert
    @Lo.Humbert 3 роки тому +6

    The things I watch at 3 AM amazes me

  • @ghostgaming8140
    @ghostgaming8140 4 роки тому +52

    Prison: “exists”
    El Chapo : *A D I O S*

  • @midnight-user12
    @midnight-user12 4 роки тому +85

    raided his safe house but escaped! sounds like something straight up out of a movie

    • @corylake5197
      @corylake5197 4 роки тому +2

      Watch narcos + narcos mexico if you haven’t already

  • @spicyjalepeno1625
    @spicyjalepeno1625 5 років тому +88

    4:03 bruh they really out there just hotboxing the earth 🥵

  • @dontbethatway277
    @dontbethatway277 2 роки тому +3

    When they burned all that weed I can imagine how high they were that night😂😂😂😂

  • @samlucas2052
    @samlucas2052 4 роки тому +51

    Them: Never dig straight down
    El chapo: Adios

  • @KD-mm3li
    @KD-mm3li 4 роки тому +309

    Hes so high profile if anything happens to him, his cartel would retaliate so hard.

    • @qqiixy3752
      @qqiixy3752 4 роки тому +49

      Yeah his entire cartel probably still functions under some sort of co-boss (idk how to put this but you get it) but I wouldn’t be surprised if theyve been planning his escape since he got caught again

    • @paveantelic7876
      @paveantelic7876 4 роки тому +11

      naah someone else will just take his place and thats it, thats how it works

    • @luluna6371
      @luluna6371 4 роки тому +35

      yeah it’d be a bloodbath. the government recently “arrested” his son and a whole city turned into a war zone, forcing them to release him. cannot imagine what would happen if something were to actually happen to el chapo

    • @DSPHistoricalSociety
      @DSPHistoricalSociety 4 роки тому

      Why?

    • @darell8310
      @darell8310 4 роки тому

      @@qqiixy3752 his son does

  • @mimixcx5373
    @mimixcx5373 5 років тому +84

    This man really left quite a legacy, I moved to Culiacán almost a year ago, about 3 months ago, there was a shootout here because El Chapo’s son got held hostage, & about a week ago, rumors started that another cartel got in a fight with El Chapo’s son, & they were going to start another shootout, but nothing happened there. It’s honestly really scary. As a citizen here, I don’t find jokes about this funny at all, I find them quite ignorant & disrespectful to all innocent people who died in the hands of crime.

    • @gamesgames3318
      @gamesgames3318 2 роки тому +2

      Unfortunately people will joke about anything serious. currently There are tons of North Korean dictator jokes that make him seem humorous but he is a wicked murderer who even killed his own brother.

    • @oldironsides4107
      @oldironsides4107 2 роки тому

      Nice place to move to

  • @ciiil8802
    @ciiil8802 5 місяців тому +2

    Bro just vented like it was among us game

  • @_Hyunism
    @_Hyunism 4 роки тому +76

    Prison: *Exists
    El Chapo: *SECRET TUNNEL*

  • @starcherry6814
    @starcherry6814 6 років тому +852

    Vox how could you forget to mention all of the other ways he was able to smuggle drugs into the US?
    He also used planes and submarines

    • @armondme
      @armondme 6 років тому +396

      I mean the purpose of this video is explaining how the tunnels worked. Maybe another video they can explain more on drug trafficking

    • @Akedanai100
      @Akedanai100 6 років тому +148

      You should take a look at the title. It's about tunnel.

    • @chongjunxiang3002
      @chongjunxiang3002 6 років тому +6

      I remember they also attempt to send drug by artillery technique as well.

    • @danang5
      @danang5 6 років тому +30

      its el chapo drug TUNNELS,not many ways el chapo smuggle drug to the US

    • @Azivegu
      @Azivegu 6 років тому +11

      @@armondme In another comment they said they would explain his use of ladders too. But this one was indeed just about the tunnels.

  • @lieutenantmist6731
    @lieutenantmist6731 4 роки тому +159

    How was this only 9 minutes. Felt like 20

  • @omero6192
    @omero6192 2 місяці тому +1

    Bro i hear this foo talk and literally the best foo there is

  • @denn1222
    @denn1222 6 років тому +110

    Great! Now Trump has to build an underground wall

    • @candicemcknight4706
      @candicemcknight4706 4 роки тому

      🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @kamauchaplin290
      @kamauchaplin290 4 роки тому

      Loll ever heard of planes

    • @TheGuyThatsNotFunny
      @TheGuyThatsNotFunny 4 роки тому

      @@kamauchaplin290 ever heard of CIWS

    • @AbrahamWeskley
      @AbrahamWeskley 4 роки тому +1

      @@TheGuyThatsNotFunny ever heard that CIWS are used to protect military bases

    • @TheGuyThatsNotFunny
      @TheGuyThatsNotFunny 4 роки тому

      @@AbrahamWeskley yeah but i bet they could place some CIWS on the wall, or just plain on the ground

  • @oneiveescaner6092
    @oneiveescaner6092 4 роки тому +71

    Bruh you can litterally build a house with those marijuana blocks just like in minecraft 😂😂

  • @teddycat1212
    @teddycat1212 6 років тому +60

    El Chapo Gets the nobel prize of tunnels

  • @ronitchepuri7159
    @ronitchepuri7159 4 роки тому +10

    Prison: We have secured facilities
    Tunnels: R U sure about that

  • @mihirbhat6741
    @mihirbhat6741 6 років тому +75

    Good for CHAPO, New York already has a underground rail system👍🏻

  • @bonzolo2358
    @bonzolo2358 5 років тому +24

    No one:
    El Chapo: m I n I n g a w a y

  • @AdhikJoshi
    @AdhikJoshi 6 років тому +81

    He is currently half way through Digging tunnel beneath New York city central jail,

  • @avaniseedhoo9983
    @avaniseedhoo9983 3 роки тому +14

    When he said well for now my heart dropped 😂

  • @DizzyD21
    @DizzyD21 6 років тому +21

    "f*ck the police, coming straight from the underground" now has whole different meaning

  • @teethgrinder83
    @teethgrinder83 6 років тому +67

    More drugs coming into the United States? Come on drugs will ALWAYS arrive where they are used although yes he transported far more but if it wasn't him then it would many smaller granges smuggling

    • @mnaftw
      @mnaftw 6 років тому +6

      breaking the monopoly of one drug lord to bring you a more competitive market with efficient prices. The US really does stan free market capitalism too hard :')

    • @brianpreller5554
      @brianpreller5554 6 років тому +4

      Anyone who thinks you can police the drug trade is out of touch with reality. Borders are too expansive and far too many people are desperate enough to take the risk. We can kill 1000 El Chapo's and change absolutely nothing. Instead of fighting a pointless war on drugs the focus should be on developing economies. No one wants to be at the mercy of a drug cartel as their own outlet from poverty.

    • @shuttereff3ct593
      @shuttereff3ct593 6 років тому

      Focusing on the root of the problem rather than fighting the air.

  • @deaddays6883
    @deaddays6883 6 років тому +168

    How is the WALL supposed to stop tunnels???

    • @markw4318
      @markw4318 6 років тому +4

      By dropping hand grenades in them.

    • @idkdk569
      @idkdk569 6 років тому +10

      @@markw4318 there's no way that would work with tunnels being so deep they're undetectable

    • @eamonshields2754
      @eamonshields2754 6 років тому +3

      GarryReza the wall is just so we have a physical barrier. It will pay for itself if it stops just 5 percent of foot traffic. Of course it won’t stop tunnels, doesn’t have to, to be worth it

    • @manuelcalavera7272
      @manuelcalavera7272 6 років тому +5

      You know the wall is supposed to be deep underground..

    • @Dinitroflurbenzol
      @Dinitroflurbenzol 5 років тому +1

      just ask israel

  • @monnorandcark5796
    @monnorandcark5796 3 роки тому +15

    Government: This prison is impossible to escape from!
    El Chapo: Hold my taco