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Mexican jail bosses have released this new picture of El Chapo behind bars - to rubbish rumours he escaped for the third time.

The notorious drug kingpin, real name Joaquin Guzman, is seen dressed in beige prison overalls while sitting alone on a metallic dinner table.

He is being kept segregated from other prisoners at a secret location in the high security Altiplano jail.

Rumours circulated on social media yesterday that the cartel commander had made a successful bid for freedom.

But Mexican Secretary of the Interior, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, quickly shut these down by posting a picture of him still behind bars along with the caption: "For the rumours, an image."

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El Chapo was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1995, but managed to escape just six years later after being freed from his electronically secured cell and hiding in a laundry basket.

The drugs baron spent 13 years on the run before be captured again in 2014 and locked up for a second time.

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But in as astonishing twist to the El Chapo story, he managed to escape for a second time in 2015 after digging a tunnel leading from his prison to the outside world.

The tunnel was 1.7m tall and 75cm in width and fully equipped with artificial light and air ducts.

Prison guards even found a motorbike inside the tunnel, which was believed used to help transport digging materials and El Chapo himself.

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On January 8, 2016, the authorities once again caught up with El Chapo after raiding a house in Los Mochis, northern Sinaloa.

A home video of El Chapo enjoying a family party and carrying his goddaughter shows the millionaire drug lord's relaxed attitude to life before being captured by authorities.

The Mexican drug lord established and ran the Sinaloa Cartel, and was ranked by Forbes as one of the most powerful people in the word three years' running.

In an astonishing twist to the El Chapo story, the drugs lord managed to escape from high-security prisons twice.

The video, allegedly filmed in 1992, shows family and friends gathering around a number of cars.

El Chapo appears from one of the vehicles and proceeds to pick-up a young girl in a party dress and carry her inside.

The cocaine kingpin continues to greet friends with handshakes and hugs, while holding the little girl in his arms.

The video goes on to show a party atmosphere around a pool in the garden, as other children appear on camera.

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El Chapo puts down the little girl and walks off with a friend.

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In June of the following year after the video was filmed, El Chapo was captured by the authorities and hauled to prison for his massive multi-million pound drug operation.

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