Video by Sue Beuno.So you're the world's wealthiest, most powerful drug lord, and you're on the run. How do you stay one step ahead of the authorities (who are quite possibly on your payroll)? Easy: Carve out a network of escape routes linking your seven hideouts-slash-homes.The above clip, released by Mexico's Attorney General's office, reportedly shows part of the tunnel system linking the over half-dozen homes, compounds, and safe houses of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera. El Chapo, whose Sinaloa cartel has over the past decade steadily grown into a global crime syndicate, was pinched over the weekend in a joint US-Mexico raid in the resort town of Mazatlan. For such a tech-savvy capo, Chapo's tunnels are notably lo-fi—rather than employing firetruck-sized drills, Chapo's tunnels relied, in part, on existing city infrastructure. Per Borderland Beat:The utilization of storm drains provided an exhaust system for the underground system that was used for the transportation of people and contraband to the structures above. Above structures were built as homes but were used both for housing and warehousing.It was at the home of Chapo's former wife, Griselda Lopez Perez, that authorities executed a raid, and a near miss of capturing Chapo. Heavy steel doors delayed entry to the home and allowed enough time for the Sinaloa Cartel leader to escape. In his rush, a bathtub escape hatch was left askew, drawing the attention of the Mexican navy at the scene. It was then they opened the lid and discovered stairs leading to the underground system.Not surprisingly, Chapo, a former air logistics expert (for Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mexico’s one-time biggest cocaine dealer) who once made the Forbes Top 50 list, was armed to the teeth when his tunnels failed him: Authorities found him with 97 large guns, 36 handguns, a pair of grenade launchers, a rocket launcher, and over 40 vehicles, some of which were heavily armored. Damn.Whether Chapo manages to wiggle out of charges that would have him extradited to the US, where he faces a host of federal charges, is anyone's guess. For now, we're left with a brief, if tanatalizing peek at how the near-mythic kingpin managed to evade the cops for 13 years.