Key dates in Mexico's pursuit of drug lord 'El Chapo'

In this Feb. 14, 2013 file photo, from left, Al Bilek, executive vice president of the Chicago Crime Commission, Jack Riley, Special Agent In Charge for the DEA, Chicago Field office, and Peter Bensinger former administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announce that Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is Chicago's Public Enemy No. 1, during a news conference in Chicago. (AP / M. Spencer Green, File)

MEXICO CITY — Key dates in the various pursuits, captures and escapes of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa cartel, who was captured Friday in Sinaloa:

June 10, 1993: Mexican authorities announce Guzman's first capture in Guatemala. (link)

1995: Guzman is convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Jan. 19, 2001: Guzman escapes from one of Mexico's two top-security prisons, in Jalisco state, allegedly in a laundry cart.

2012: Mexican federal police nearly capture Guzman in a coastal mansion in Los Cabos, a day after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with dozens of other foreign ministers in the same resort town.

Feb. 22, 2014: Mexican marines capture Guzman in a condo in Mazatlan after he eluded them for days through tunnels in Culiacan, also in the state of Sinaloa.

July 11, 2015: Guzman escapes from the country's top-security prison in Mexico State through a mile-long (1.5 kilometre) tunnel.

Jan. 8, 2016: Mexican marines capture Guzman in an operation in Los Mochis, Sinaloa.