El Chapo's drug tunnels, explained
Vložit
- čas přidán 28. 01. 2019
- How El Chapo dug his way to the top of the drug trade.
Check out the Today, Explained podcast episode on El Chapo here: bit.ly/2DaFZS8
Subscribe to our channel! goo.gl/0bsAjO
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.
Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out www.vox.com.
Watch our full video catalog: goo.gl/IZONyE
Follow Vox on Facebook: goo.gl/U2g06o
Or Twitter: goo.gl/XFrZ5H
If you'd like to support our work and have the means to do so, check out the Video Lab at bit.ly/vox-video-lab-join. We're offering behind-the-scenes looks at our channel, livestream Q&As with Vox creators, and new ways to get even closer to our videos!
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.
I wud like to know who directed this ?
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.
Vox is fake news
too much minecraft during the childhood
*america* build a wall
*mexico* build a tunnel
canada builds a plane
*Middle east* build bombs
India:Build toilet.
@@99HAXXOR nah fam they do it in the river
Chinese government builds a wall.
Chinese people set up ladders.
El Chapo has taken Minecraft to another level.
but you should never dig straight down
He was mining away
Don't mine at night.
Lol
Underrated
"That run on solar power"
*Mans saving the enviroment*
Ye
He murdered peope
@@koryh2114 if you think about it
Less people = Less people that waste resources= saving the enviroment
@@koryh2114 r/whooosh
What the?
El chapo is a dangerous man. He does not help, he KILLED. I'm glad he is in prison
Everyone gangster until you’re taking a bath and el chapo comes from under you
XDDD
LMAOAOAOASDJSAKKSJA BYE
DUUUDE 😭😭😭😭😭😭
aesthetic moment
SGBWUYGUYGSIYUSBYSB BAHAHAHAH
Police: *blinks*
El Chapo: *ADIOS*
Nuclear power
ight imma head out
“Adiós, los idiotas ni siquiera podrían ponerme en el segundo piso” 〜 El Chapo
El chapo:speedrun time!
stolen joke
When you get bored in prison “ ight ima head out”
Lol I was waiting for this comment
Stolen comment
HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHA
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bruh😂🤦🏽♂️
even though he has done terrible things, you have to admit that his ideas are genius
No
Oh
No need to tell us this when every comment already has. Seems like y’all are just finding a way to compliment him. 💀
@@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
@@who7950 cares
Imagine what his genius brain could’ve been used for if he wasn’t born into a drugwar
Everybody gangsta until El Chapo comes out of your toilet
i can’t deal😭😭😭
😳
💀 💀 💀
who can relate?
@@patrickstar4537 Whoo!
At least the tunnel is solar powered!
tunnel and solar. i guess elon musk will love it
He’s a criminal not a Captain Planet villain ;)
Didn't know criminals were more eco-friendly and intelligent than the US president.
@@Pbdave1092 who says the US president is not a criminal? ^^
These coments are great !! ^^
Teenage Mutant Ninja Druglord.
Hes not a teen
Not a mutant and a ninja 🤣🤣🤣👍
“Teenage Mutan Ninja Druglords” the next best series of Netflix
My guy do be gud doe
Imagine if this guy put his mind into doing something positive. He is smart
El Chapo came from poverty so he had to do something to survive, we would all do the same thing under similar circumstances.
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?
His dad did it first
@The Man With No Name that not an excuse for such excess in violence and murder
@@Manny-117 Then now place yourself in such situation.
Media: "He's the tunnel king!"
The people who actually dug the tunnel and broke him out: *:(*
Lol
Lol
Lol
Lol
Oh wait let me just break the chain
Vote El Chapo - He vented
xD
El Chapo was an impostor.
@Shmaches .-. thanks for the among us code
Shut
Up
I like how he was just sitting on this bed and he fr said “aight imma head out”
How to beat el chapo: a second floor
Wdym
@@kirst3712 second floor of the prison, so he cant dig tunnels
He will go through the wall
literally tho, they knew he already dug tunnels, like, bruh....
@@hot-momsrock8449 well he will be in prision more years
This man was reading them Minecraft handbooks
Ahhh😭😭😭😭
LOL
reading? he drafted them
BRO THOSE COME IN HANDY!
Other way around
Criminals are always intelligent.
Just not used the right way.
not always tho
That’s true like what if the government put their knowledge to good use
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 i'm sure all those dead people will appreciate that.
lit lit
it’s 2019! No one knows what’s right and what’s wrong now
When they lit up that weed prolly had the whole village high asf
So this got recommended to everybody again, after his wife got arrested.
Why did she get arrested
@@prisila1242 idk
@@prisila1242 drug trafficking
@@prisila1242 only fans
@@4dr1ann BROOO 😭😭😭😭
He’s good at escaping but not hiding
After his first escape he literally was free for 14 years 💀😂wym
Yeah man do you not pay attention
Fool look up his movie u will see
There’s only so many times you can escape and hide before police catches on and find methods to catch you quicker
(He's good at escaping) he now in ADX lets bet Joe biden 100million dollar if he can escape.
At least they use renewable energy 🤦♂️🤷♂️😭
Lol
He has my vote, hes a lot less corrupt than nancy pelosi
"Our drugs are made using 100% renewable energy",
Are your favourite colours yellow and blue by any chance? 😂
"Professionals have STANDARDS"
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
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.
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.
To bad guzman free 😅
Wait
El chapos cartel made a tunnel that worked on solar energy
*CHAPO GONE GREEN*
Green like weed
lol
The tunnel was already there before he went to prison. They let him escape.
*WEED GREEN*
GO ON CHAPO
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💀
Me:El Chapo?
El Chapo:👁👄👁
Me:👁👄👁
😂😂😂
PLS 😂😂
Woah
=]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
His escape be like: aww Man i'm sick of This,bye.
He vented 💀
It's easy just put bedrock under the ground so they can't escape
synrgi or obsidian and take away all their diamond picaxes
tatiana it only will take 4 minutes tho with their fist
A Busy Amateur you counted how long it takes to break obsidian with ur fist?
Bruh what if got creative mode on
modern problems require modern solutions.
El Chapo should help Elon Musk with the boring company to build tunnels faster 😂
So nobody noticed thid dude has 400k subs
😂😂😂
wise advice
Wise
@@pyry6806 400k subs but only gets like 50k views for each video 🤔
Johnson Pootisman who tf cares
Imagine all the other drug tunnels that haven’t been discovered
Imagine you’re just chillin on the couch and all of a sudden el chapo comes out from under your toilet
This guy reminds me of Mario or Luigi going in & out of pipes
😂😂omg yesss
lol, I'm Mexican and I'm really concerned that I haven't seen these in cartoons, Mexico has let me down.
Here the sound every time tunnel bring up.
Lol
Aykut i sincerely hope El Chapo sees this
He used tunnels, planes, and submarines, but thank god we are building a wall.
Trevor Noah, is this you?
😂I know right
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....
TheZzpop hey it could be used as a canvas for graffiti... lol
Donald Trump sucks
He must have an Efficiency V pickaxe
you all forget that many people have eff V too , the thing is el chapo has a beacon that gives haste 2
Government: This prison is impossible to escape from!
El Chapo: Hold my taco
He’s living the life of every GTA players have ever dreamt of
in prison ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Except you can't respawn at the hospital
Lol
or even Scarface: The world is yours players that'd know the troubles of smuggling cocaine into Miami in speedboats
Ong
Imagine building a wall to stop people coming from tunnels
big brain stuff
The wall goes underground
@@BeastMode-ty5hf just dig through the wall 👍
@@Aogamii exactly
Hahahahahahaha
Why is everyone panicking, he's only going out to Sonic for a burger 🍔 he will be back.
Maybe he wasn't aware that kfc is no more serving 🍔🤣.
@@shahzadmughal7666 man, what about macdonald?
@@perhapsYoYo maybe he didn't like MacDonald's burger 🍔🤣.
@@shahzadmughal7666 awwww :(
Prison: We have secured facilities
Tunnels: R U sure about that
Trump: let’s make a wall on top of the border
El Chapo: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Mine fields work well.
Xi Jinpingpong *BUT* will it still explode underground??
El Chapo: :D
WTF ? Stop dropping narcos spoilers.
@@vinayakahk9767
issa joke
😂😂😂😂
Hahha but wait narcos is about Pablo Escobar... They are not the same
the youtuber not just pablo, they could make a season about him but he is alive
Vinayaka HK r/ whoosh
imagine chilling and then a cloud of weed burned by the military drifts in your window and you are high for 8 years
When he said well for now my heart dropped 😂
Good🤣
he might not of been the best person but he is still smart
Far from the best
you need to be smart to be at that level to not get killed
@@harold6524 he wasn’t the best but he would help out a lot of the poverty in Mexico and go against the corrupt government
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.
he just has the money and fear needed to buy and manipulate smarter people to help him
Chapo needs to hook up with Elon Musk and discuss their love for tunnels.
that sounds..... wrong..
Elon is ready for jailbreak.
Yo you might be on to something here.
And solar
The _drama_ amount contained in this video: *It’s over 9000!*
Amazing, I love it.
The things I watch at 3 AM amazes me
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
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. 🤷🏽♀️
Brenda
Yup same with prostitutes and cheap labor
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.
Yeah we need to take out the root causes first, just like gun violence and other issues of that sort.
Government helps them move drugs
8:22 at least he's against climat change
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
@@isabelchmontuenga whooooosh
hmmmmmmm
@@MrFlexNCman, the breeze sure feels nice. Maybe we can go with aeolic energy for this
rofl
"Underground tunnel"
He minimized road traffic
Reporter: 'The masterpiece of engineering'
Civil engineers who build complex structure on non rigid surface:
Really mate?
LOOOL HE SAID "Ight imma head out" 😭😭😭💀💀💀
Shut up emo
Uno reverse
@@jnow1510 yeh
@@neverendoof7745 😐
This isn't tiktok
is this a very long version of "Why a wall would fail"?
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
@@michaelpomales8021So are we gonna ignore the coyotes smuggling people in?
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
Michael Pomales bad idea.
So what?! Build a wall underground and make the Mexicans pay for it!
- Donald Trump 2019
If el Chapo escapes out of Supermax he'll be a true legend of prison escapes!
idk why but i like this channel because of its good videos and good narrorators
Plot twist: he dug the tunnels to find them diamonds, but got framed as a drug lord instead.
It was actually hero brine who did the drugs
@@ejj918 oh yes, those herobrine horror movie days...
And the prison is notch
You're too much Minecraft bro😂
The Plot Twist Of The Century.
This guy should teach engineers in University
Yeye, just make sure the basement has a secret compartment and you're good to go -!
He actually sent his men to learn specific engineering to dig the tunnels
this comment reminds me of "catch me If you can "
They hired engineers from a mining company that went bankrupt
@@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.
Drug Addicts: We want it.
Border Patrol: We will seal it.
EL Chapo: I will build tunnels
Addicts: 🥺🥺🤧
Sometimes I think the ppl who escape prisons are smarter than the scientists in my textbook☠
Prison guard: * Blinks *
El Chapo: *I’M BOUTA HEAD OUT*
sh
Shut up
I only said sh
@@milec1727 Shut up
shut up
this dude is so smart, sad he ended up being a drug dealer instead of a Doctor or any other high paying job
in méxico being a well-paid professional is very much unlikely
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
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
@@garyromero8352 that is already proven by tons of studies, yes
@@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
8:25 When some drug cartels are more eco-friendly that the US.
Check Half as Interesting's video about a cartel making an entire cell phone network for their communication
okay i have to say vox is the literal best channel on youtube. keep up the FANTASTIC work! :)
Literally mafia boss lvl 1000
Nope basically the prisoners are dumb I mean just put him in 2nd floor cell
How dare you mention perdiepie of Vox's sacred channel
@@-datnerd-3125 maybe he had a deal with prisoners so they planned his escape...think about that lol
At least he's using green energy in some of the tunnels
He used green energy because it doesn’t cost a bill from the government. Gas, oil and Electric bill will spark someone snooping.
Hes a hero
2021🔥 nice video
Levels 💥
Guard: turns around.
El Chapo: *I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move.*
@Terrill Elliott of course he will dig a tunnel underneath and trap him
😂
Clutch
El Chapo: gets bored
Aight imma head out
ur first
El Chapo is like a classic comic book villain/crime lord whose gimmick is tunnels
Imagine wandering around and you hear a motorcycle underneath you 💀
He is trying to escape for sure, they are digging a tunnel right now 100%
He will never escape the USA
@@ty4100 Cap
@@ty4100 nah he will out
@@ty4100 if it's made by man..then it can be cracked.
@Torres Capo so you think there are no corrupt cops in usa?
Supply and demand. As long as the demand for drugs is high, there will always be a supplier no matter the hurdles.
In other words, Someone somewhere is willing to take that risk no matter the cost or how high the risk.
@@CatholicWeeb You just wrote the same comment. There was no need to explain it.
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
yeah, they should do rehab for addicts instead of putting them in jail
Couldn't have been explained better. There can never be a sustained supply unless there is constant demand.
It's amazing how smart he was to build tunnels from San Diego to Mexico and now that he's gone many people from the cartel are doing what he did building tunnels
4:02 that guard is cooked out his mind rn
*Stealth 100*
That toilet. Illusion 100
Riding on motorcycle through tunnel = -25 stealth
This video has *stealth 100*
Not to many are making the connection.
The tunnels are paid actor.
The tunnels were an underground job.
Jari Abdul Salam a
Tunnels are wall protestors paid by George Soros
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.
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.
Should be a meme, digging a tunnel out of any situation, like court, or paying a dinner tab.
Great man
Im glad you also touched on the violence caused in Mexico.
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.
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.
it ll not happen, sadly..
I highly doubt he’ll be able to escape in us
Being offered millions of dollars and having good contacts high up, everything is possible, alcatraz was once a inescapabol prison until 3 prisoners escaped.
@@angelcxv4695. I think there was a movie about those 3 people that escaped.
Viking
From that one prison in Illinois?
U just have to give the guy a round of applause tbh
When they burned all that weed I can imagine how high they were that night😂😂😂😂
You think a wall can stop this?
Actually, yes.
Fahmi Annas so what do you think it will do to the planes and submarines he uses?
Actually, doesn't matter. Almost 80% of the drugs in the US came from the docks. (thanks to NAFTA).
@@AMGmy17 how
@@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?
“ there’s ten zombies and a creeper following us what do we do?”
El Chapo: tunnel
Title: El Chapo’s drug tunnels, explained
US Government: keep him in NEW YORK
This is like call of duty modern warfare trying to hunt down makarov
We need a Netflix show about this asap. Narcos el chapo
Lol there's already a show.
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.
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.
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.
Taco el Chapo
I always suspected that there was drugs in KFC.
There is, but only meth
haha Gus fring
Los pollos hermanos
@@cuntdestroyer6930 69 likes to 70
@@jefferygayp4904 stop watching bb😢😢
When (and if) all this drug stuff goes away, it would be cool if you could take tours through these tunnels
it's never gonna happen, sadly
Guy has so many tunnels, Mario would be jealous.
*Donald Trump has left the chat*
Off Colour Y would he leave ?
@@iphone13max18 because an above ground wall isn't going to do much to stop a tunneller
This dude has his own harem ( 4+ wives) and baby producing farm ( 10+ children), even our Oompa Loompa is jealous of him.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@CrashM85 there will be cameras.. we would know they were digging far before they gain any traction.
when you relize that even el chapo is eco friendly
8:27
The time stamp is 8:25
Me: It's all tunnels?
El Chapo: Always have been.
Best of the best
That's the problem with the wall, there will just be tunnels built underneath
Justin Hutchison I feel that’s why vox uploaded this lol
No it will be 10ft stuck into the ground
wow maxamillian tunnels can go deeper than that
The wall is figurative.
The actual wall will be in people's heads.
@@hr2883 ppl would still dig 10ft underground if that was the case
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.
Nope, the tunnels from which he escaped, were built while he was there iirc
@@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
@@Mia.S13 the video says that its hard to detect where the tunnels are being built
Obviously both Mexican and IS a officials are on his payroll.. come on now
@@jumanawaheed7871 they already found them💀
The motorcycle in the tunnel was a nice touch