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Fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman eluded an operation to recapture him in northwestern Mexico in recent days, injuring his leg and face, authorities said.
Authorities said on Friday that efforts to nab Guzman, who embarrassed President Enrique Pena Nieto with his brazen July jailbreak, had focused on the northwestern region in the past few weeks after foreign governments shared intelligence.
"Due to these actions and to avoid his arrest, the fugitive escaped in a hurry [in recent days], which according to the information that was collected, caused him injuries to his leg and face.
"It is important to specify that these injuries were not the product of a direct clash," the government said, without specifying the extent of the injuries or how authorities knew he was hurt.
Read more: 13 Mexican ex-prison officials jailed over drug lord's escape from maximum security prison
Authorities also did not say exactly where and when the operation took place, but raids have reportedly occurred in the neighbouring states of Durango and Sinaloa.
The government said it was continuing operations to capture the Sinaloa drug cartel boss, who has been captured and escaped prison twice, most recently on July 11 by crawling down a hole in his cell's shower that led to a huge tunnel.
The governor of Sinaloa said on Wednesday that special forces had conducted raids in Tamazula, Durango.
US Drug Enforcement Administration officials have said they believe Guzman fled to the rugged mountain region of his home-state stronghold of Sinaloa after his jailbreak.
The states of Durango, Sinaloa and Chihuahua meet in a drug-producing region known as the Gold Triangle, a bastion of Guzman's drug cartel.
US law-enforcement officials say Guzman, 58, likely fled there because he enjoys the support of the local population.
US authorities have been working with Mexican security forces in the hope of extraditing him to the United States.
US network NBC News reported that Mexican marines closed in on Guzman this month after US drug agents intercepted cellphone signals suggesting he was hiding at a ranch near Cosala, Sinaloa state, in the Sierra Madre mountains. Citing three sources with knowledge of the operation, the National Broadcasting Co said the marines raided the ranch in helicopters, but turned back after taking fire from Guzman's gunmen.
The marines later went in on foot and found mobile phones, medication and two-way radios. Guzman and his henchmen were believed to have fled in all-terrain vehicles, the network said.
Guzman fled the Altiplano maximum-security prison near Mexico City just 17 months after US-backed marines captured him in after a 13-year manhunt.
He escaped through a 1.5km tunnel with a redesigned motorcycle on special tracks, emerging in a house outside the prison.


Mexican drug boss Guzman 'injured' as he eludes capture again

Fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped jail in July. Photo: AFP

13 Mexican ex-prison officials jailed over drug lord's escape from maximum security prison 

Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.Photo: AFP

Drug lord escapes prison for second time by breaking out through secret 1.5km tunnel built from his cell

Mexico's Attorney General Arely Gomez shows a picture of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman during a press conference held at the Secretaria de Gobernacion in Mexico City, on July 13, 2015. Photo: AFP

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman

Drug lord Guzman escaped from Mexico's Altiplano prison. Photo: AFP

Authorities inspect the exit of the tunnel they claim was used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to break out of the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City. Photo: AP

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City in this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo. Photo: AP

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Eliot Alberto Radillo Peza (C), also known as "El Pancho", is suspected to be an operative leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, according to Mexican authorities. Photo: Reuters

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