El Chapo's final journey: Drug kingpin leaves New York City in a police helicopter under armed guard as he heads to Colorado supermax prison where he has been sentenced to die
JoaquÃn 'El Chapo' Guzman has been helicoptered out of New York City and is being transferred to the high security prison in Colorado where he will serve a life sentence.
The Mexican drug kingpin was spotted boarding a chopper at the Wall Street helipad in lower Manhattan at around 3am Friday as a number of heavily-armed guards and more than a dozen NYPD squad cars stood watch.
According to flight records obtained by DailyMail.com, the helicopter transported Guzman to Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, where he was placed on a plane bound for the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado.
Commonly known as ADX, the fortress is the only federal super-maximum prison in the US.
Guzman, 62, is gearing up to spend the remainder of his life at the prison that's home to America's most notorious criminals, including 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef.
Mexican drug kingpin JoaquÃn 'El Chapo' Guzman was helicoptered out of New York City under cover of night at around 3am Friday. He will serve his life sentence at ADX in Florence, Colorado, the only federal super-maximum prison in the US
Guzman is seen boarding an NYPD chopper at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport as heavily armed guards stood watch
Guzman had his hands cuffed in front of him when he was loaded into the helicopter in a jail-issued jumpsuit
More than a dozen NYPD squad cars escorted Guzman to the helipad during the highly-secretive transfer mission
Officers with the NYPD Emergency Service Unit are seen waiting for Guzman to arrive in the early hours on Friday
Police vehicles surrounded the scene to ensure that Guzman could not make a break for it during his transfer
Though it was quick, Guzman's transfer was carefully executed through efforts of multiple law enforcement agencies
According to flight records obtained by DailyMail.com, the helicopter (above) transported Guzman to Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, where he was put on a plane bound for the US Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado
Guzman's transfer was executed within hours of Guzman's being sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday as officials feared the drug lord could attempt yet another daring jail break.
US District Judge Brian Cogan initially agreed to a recommendation that Guzman should remain in federal jail in Manhattan for an additional two months to help his lawyers mount an appeal, but authorities opted to 'get him out of the city as soon as possible' in light of his past escapes, defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman confirmed.
Guzman is expected to be held in ADX's most isolated section, Range 13.
He will be barred from visits by his beauty queen wife, Emma Aispuro Colonel, and their seven-year-old twin daughters.
'It's not a place designed for humanity,' Robert Hood, warden of the prison dubbed 'Alcatraz of the Rockies' from 2002 to 2005, told the New York Post.
'It's one click away from the death penalty. All of a sudden, one day you're put in a box and not cared about — that's the punishment.'
El Chapo's final journey: Drug kingpin leaves New York City in a police helicopter under armed guard as he heads to Colorado supermax prison where he has been sentenced to die
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