‘El Chapo’s’ Errand Runner—a Key to the Kingpin’s Ultimate Capture—Sentenced in San Diego

Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted into a helicopter at Mexico City's airport on Jan. 8, 2016. Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images

By Kristina Davis The San Diego Union-Tribune

SAN DIEGO—As Mexican and U.S. forces closed in on Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera in the winter of 2014, they set out first to find the man they hoped would unlock many of the drug kingpin’s secrets, and ultimately his whereabouts.