Upon the directive of the United States government to transfer El Chapo to Illinois, he gained control of the car, in either a hail mary move to escape or the last action of a desperate man, El Chapo dislocated his shoulder to get out of the handcuffs and fakes an episode. He managed to disable his guards and gains control of the transfer vehicle. In the process of his escape, he get shot in the shoulder and crashes the car into a tree by a roadside ravine. An insider tells us that despite his propensity for escaping prison, this last desperate measure may have been in reaction to discovering that he had Stage Four Pancreatic Cancer, discovered when he had a extensive exam before transfer to a new detention facility.
