Mexico police search hotels, hospitals for drug lord
Mexico City
Mexican authorities are searching hotels, hospitals and funeral homes in a massive manhunt for fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, while boosting operations at the Guatemala border, officials said Wednesday.
The interior ministry said 101 checkpoints have been placed on the main roads and highways of 21 of the country's 31 states and the capital since Guzman fled prison on Saturday.
More than 100,000 leaflets with recent pictures of Guzman were distributed at toll booths.
Some 1,250 federal police officers have fanned out in special search units around the Altiplano prison from where he escaped, some 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of Mexico City.
In addition, more than 180 special forces from the police gendarmerie are searching for the Sinaloa drug cartel kingpin.
Some 8,200 federal police officers are on "maximum alert" in every state, the interior ministry said in a statement.
"Special operations are being conducted to check hotels, hospitals and funeral homes," the ministry said.
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