we go further, so you can. >> bill whitaker: the mexican marines have been trying for months to capture el chapo when an intelligence brief led them to the world's most dangerous drug lord's final party. >> for an incredibly savvy clever almost a criminal genius, that el chapo guzman was, he ultimately was done in by very simple tastes. >> whitaker: what do you mean? >> tacos, tequila and chicas. >> listen, a lot has happened. i am in the custody of these people. >> leslie stahl: when warren weinstein was kidnapped in pakistan, the ordeal his wife elaine went through over the next several years revealed the level of desperation so many american families have experienced in trying to get their loved ones freed from terrorist groups. >>love you. >.stahl: were you prepared for this? >> how could you be prepared for this?

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>> bill whitaker: the notorious narco known as el chapo has achieved one of his greatest aspirations. he is the most famous drug lord of all time. this is our fourth "60 minutes" story about el chapo-whose real name is joaquin guzman. our first story came when he was captured after 13 years on the run. we told you then that el chapo- spanish for 'shorty'-was on forbes list of billionaires and had earned an outsized reputation for his worldwide smuggling empire, his ruthless brutality and most of all, for his daring getaways-- like the one we told you about last year- - when he vanished from a maximum security mexican prison through one of his trademark

then there was our interview with actor sean penn, who met guzman at a hideaway last fall. after el chapo's stunning prison break, many thought he'd never get caught again. but he was. how? you're about to see. where in the pantheon of drug traffickers, drug lords, does el chapo fall? >> peter vincent: el chapo resides at the very top of that hierarchy. >> whitaker: peter vincent was a senior official and legal adviser of both the justice department and homeland security during the international manhunt for guzman. he says after the daring escape last summer, el chapo became almost delusional. what precipitated his downfall? vincent: he became drunk on his own wine. he started to believe the hype that he was special, that he was

something truly magical. and he became so incredibly arrogant that he thought he was untouchable. >> whitaker: jim dinkins agrees. as chief of homeland security investigations, he was part of the u.s./mexico task force that nabbed el chapo in 2014. >> jim dinkins: he knew how he was captured last time. and so he had the upper hand, right. he had all the cards in his hand to go off into the sunset and to learn from his mistake. but he just couldn't help himself, and he remained in the public eye. >> whitaker: after his first escape from prison in 2001, guzman virtually disappeared from sight for 13 years. but not this time. >> dinkins: here he gets out of prison, and he's on the road being spotted at this-- place having, you know, drinks, and this place, you know-- with his family members. >> whitaker: he invited sean penn, and the actress kate del

>> dinkins: yeah. >> whitaker: did mexican law enforcement know that these two actors were going in to see el chapo? >> dinkins: oh, absolutely. they knew that sh-- where sean was going to go, when he was going to land. they knew right away. >> whitaker: how did they know? because they were listening in on the cartel's communications, and watching. mexican and u.s. law enforcement re-formed the task force that caught el chapo the last time. they were tracking not just inner circle, including his cook. and everyone his lieutenants contacted, including sean penn. did he become sloppy? >> dinkins: definitely. there was more sightings of him in the last six months than there was in the last ten years of before he was captured in 2014. >> whitaker: after he escaped the last time, you told us that you were not confident that he would ever be captured again. >> dinkins: yeah. >> whitaker: that el chapo had become a smarter criminal. did you overestimate his

>> dinkins: i truly did. here he had over a year in prison, i presumed he was using that same amount of time to think about how he was going to remain a fugitive for the rest of his life. >> whitaker: mexican officials told us that only twenty days after his escape, the marines picked up on guzman's trail. >> vincent: they created an even smaller team of mexican marines, a search bloc, and they focused on the prize at hand. that was capturing el chapo guzman alive, if they absolutely could. their first opportunity came in early october, just days after sean penn's visit. the marines told us they waited because they didn't want the american actor caught in the cross fire. a team of marines approached one of el chapo's mountain top ranches by jungle road, while another group of commandos flew in by helicopter. so what went wrong on that october mission? >> vincent: as i understand it, despite all of el chapo guzman's

powerful man, he was running with a child in his arms. >> whitaker: a human shield. a baby as a shield? vincent: that's the only way that one can rationally see it. >> whitaker: so once again, el chapo got away. in early december, intelligence led the marines to this house in the sleepy coastal town of los mochis in northern sinaloa. wiretap intercepts talked about a visit planned by "grandma and aunt"-- code names for el chapo and his lieutenant--known as "cholo ivan". the marines watched the house for a month as painters and construction crews came and went. then on the morning of thursday, january seventh, "grandma" finally showed up. an assault force quickly moved into position nearby. that evening, someone in the house called out for a large order of tacos and this armored truck left to go pick up the food.

>> vincent: for an incredibly savvy, clever, almost a criminal genius that el chapo guzman was, he ultimately was done in by very simple tastes. >> whitaker: what do you mean? >> vincent: tacos, tequila, and chicas. >> whitaker: at 4:40 a.m. in the pre-dawn hours of friday, january eighth, the marines began battering down the gate of chapo's safe house. we've concealed the identities of the commando leaders for their safety. >> bravo( translated ): so when we first knock on the door of this house, the shooting started. >> whitaker: a fierce gun battle erupted. the first marine through the door was shot in the arm. i watched the videotape. it's very intense. >> alpha( translated ): chapo's people inside the house were

grenades. so it was like a war zone. >> whitaker: the marines moved methodically through the house. chapo's henchmen retreated up the stairs. just inside the door, one gunman lay dead. down the hall, four more taken prisoner and the commandos quickly check a walk-in closet covered with full-length mirrors. up the stairs, the marines find two women, one of them the cook, cowering on the bathroom floor. outside the house, more commandos fought it out with gunmen who fled across the roof tops. when it was over, there were five cartel members dead and six in custody. but once again, chapo-- with cholo ivan--had vanished. a couple of days later, the marines took us to the safehouse in los mochis in an armed

here, just inside the gate, a pool of blood where the marine was shot. sangre. blood. and inside the door, more bloodstains, the walls pock- marked with bullet holes and the scars of exploding shrapnel. and remember that walk in closet? the mirrors masked a hidden door. behind the secret door, the entrance to one of el chapo's trademark tunnels. it's connected to a network of storm drains and sewers. it was 45 minutes before they found chapo's escape route and that morning the marines gave chase. >> alpha( translated ): we intensified the search inside the tunnels, opening the manhole covers, and inserting people in- - in those sewers. >> whitaker: then it started raining, hard. >> bravo( translated ): after 20 minutes of rain, we thought the chapo may-- may-- drown in the ( bleep ) in the sewers because of the high level of the water. >> whitaker: so he popped up out

middle of a busy street. >> bravo( translated ): that was his only option. >> whitaker: this is where he came out. he popped up the manhole cover. it's about a half mile from the house, straight down that road there. look carefully at this security camera footage from the gas station across the street. at 8:55 am-- four hours after the first shots were exchanged-- right there, you can see chapo and cholo ivan climbing out of the sewer. and then in this cell phone video, you can see them carjack a white v.w. jetta and speed away. the fugitives got only three blocks before the jetta broke down. so they jacked a second car, a red ford focus, but only a couple of miles out of town that car broke down. within minutes, the federal emergency center got two reports of hijacked vehicles. on the highway out of town, the

on the bed of a tow-truck. but no sign of chapo or his lieutenant. they had been picked up by the federal police and taken to a nearby motel. what were they doing in the backseat of the police car? >> alpha( translated ): they weren't talking. they were relaxed. but they looked confused. >> whitaker: no one knows why the federal police took chapo to the motel instead of to jail, but peter vincent has a theory. >> vincent: el chapo undoubtedly said, "one, you let me go now and i will make you wealthier beyond your wild imaginations. if you should choose to decline my most generous offer, i am not only going to kill you but i am going to rape and kill your wife and your daughters and i'm going to torture your sons." >> whitaker: he has behaved like that in the past? >> vincent: he has behaved like that virtually his entire criminal career. >> whitaker: bribes and threats.

bribes and bullets. and luckily the mexican marines showed up, realized what was going on and took control of the situation. >> whitaker: chapo was flown to mexico city for booking. he was paraded before reporters and returned to altiplano, the same prison from which he escaped last july. >> vincent: this time, he is rotated from cell to cell to cell. guards are circulated every 15 minutes, through whatever cell he happens to be occupying on that particular day. >> whitaker: the u.s. justice department wants guzman extradited, brought here to face charges for his crimes. seven separate jurisdictions, including new york, chicago and san diego, all want to put el chapo on trial. juan pedro badillo is a lawyer who only has one client: el chapo.

lengthy process. how long do you think the whole extradition legal proceedings will go on? >> juan pedro badillo ( translated ): ten, 15, 20 years perhaps. or it could be one or two years. >> vincent: el chapo guzman knows that, if he is ultimately extradited to the united states it's essentially game over for him. >> whitaker: soon after chapo's arrest, the u.s.-mexico task force captured another two dozen sinaloa cartel members. >> vincent: it sends an incredibly powerful message to current kingpins, to future narco-traffickers that you may run, you may hide but ultimately this multinational force will track you down from the highest mountains or the deepest, darkest jungles, or through the stinking sewers of towns and

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this month, the government published its findings. they showed the flooring gave off enough formaldehyde to irritate the eyes, nose and throat and could trigger breathing problems. it also increased cancer risks by a small amount. after the report was published, "60 minutes" was alerted to the possibility that government scientists made a major mathematical mistake in their report. we sent the report to scientists at several universities and discovered the government forgot to convert feet to meters in some calculations. that error means all the predicted formaldehyde levels from lumber liquidators flooring are 3.3 times higher than government scientists calculated, which can amount to more than 18 times higher levels of formaldehyde than those in a normal home, and triple the cancer risk, to a level that is considered unacceptable by national and international health agencies. the centers for disease control has admitted its mistake and

the consumer product safety commission is continuing its investigation and told us it is working to provide more specific answers for homeowners about the safety concerns. i'm anderson cooper.

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