Former DEA chief: '90 to 95 percent' certain new video shows 'El Chapo' at a party - Fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman

The short, mustached man who a former DEA chief says is most likely 'El Chapo.'
Fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman might be the most wanted man in the world right now, and there is "a very strong possibility" that a new video showing the drug kingpin at a party is authentic, according to a former DEA official.

 
"Based on several factors, there is a very strong possibility — I would say 90 to 95 percent — that it's (El Chapo) in the video," Mike Vigil, former DEA chief of international relations, told MySanAntonio.com.

The video, originally published on El Blog del Narco, shows a band playing and a crowd around a dressage performer.

About halfway through the short clip, the camera zooms in on a short man standing in front of the crowd as armed men seem to scan the perimeter. El Blog del Narco says that the video was sent to them from Sinaloa Cartel hit men, or "sicarios."

"Everyone is at his beck and call," Vigil observed of the video. "He's right in the middle of the party, almost guest of honor ... We know (Guzmán) travels with a large entourage of armed guards ... He seems to be about the same height as Chapo."

But why would a world-famous fugitive allow himself to be filmed?

"If I'm the most wanted man in the world, I would certainly not allow anyone to be making a video or phone calls around me," said Vigil.

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