US 'Ready' to Help Mexico Recapture Drug Lord

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the United States is concerned with drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman’s daring escape Saturday from a Mexican prison and said the U.S. "stands ready" to cooperate in his swift recapture. Guzman, head of the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel, is wanted on multiple drug-trafficking and organized-crime charges in the United States. The U.S. Treasury Department has declared Guzman the most influential trafficker in the world. A...

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