Editing Joaquín Guzmán Loera (section)

==== Initial Mexican reactions ====
The escape of Guzmán triggered a wide-range manhunt.<sup>[194]</sup>
<nowiki> </nowiki>According to Mexico's National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro 
Rubido García, the manhunt was instituted immediately in the surrounding
<nowiki> </nowiki>area by putting up several checkpoints and air searches by helicopter.<sup>[195]</sup> The entire prison was put on lockdown and no one was allowed to enter or leave.<sup>[196]</sup> The search was then extended to other federal entities: Mexico City, the State of Mexico, Morelos, Puebla, Guerrero, Michoacán, Querétaro, Hidalgo and Tlaxcala. However, most of the military officers involved in the search were sent to the State of Mexico.<sup>[197]</sup>
<nowiki> </nowiki>The Mexican government also issued an international warning to prevent 
Guzmán from escaping the country through airports, border checkpoints, 
or ports. Interpol and other security organizations were alerted to the 
possibility of him escaping into another country.<sup>[198]</sup> Flights at the Toluca International Airport were cancelled, while soldiers occupied parts of Mexico City International Airport.<sup>[187]</sup>
<nowiki> </nowiki>Out of the 120 employees that were working at the prison that night, 
eighteen employees from the prison were initially detained for 
questioning; those eighteen worked in the area of Guzmán's cell.<sup>[199]</sup>
<nowiki> </nowiki>By the afternoon, a total of 31 people had been called in for 
questioning. The director of the prison, Valentín Cárdenas Lerma, was 
among those detained.<sup>[200]</sup>

When the news of the escape broke out, President Peña Nieto was 
heading to a state visit in France along with several top officials from
<nowiki> </nowiki>his cabinet and many others.<sup>[201]</sup> The Secretary of the Interior Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, who was already in France waiting for them, returned to Mexico after learning of Guzmán's prison break.<sup>[202][203]</sup> Peña Nieto returned to Mexico on 17 July.<sup>[204]</sup>
<nowiki> </nowiki>In a press conference, Peña Nieto said he was very shocked by Guzmán's 
escape, and promised that the government would carry out an intensive 
investigation to see if officials had collaborated in the prison break. 
In addition, he claimed that Guzmán's escape was an "affront" to the 
Mexican government, and that they would not spare any resources in 
trying to recapture him.<sup>[205]</sup>
<nowiki> </nowiki>Peña Nieto, however, was severely criticized for the incident, and 
media outlets pointed out that this incident was among the 
administration's most embarrassing episodes. Critics stated that 
Guzmán's escape highlighted the high levels of corruption within the 
government, and questioned the government's ability to combat the 
country's organized crime groups.<sup>[206][207]</sup>