Sep 7, 2015

exican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán may be in hiding in Costa Rica, after the fugitive's son appeared to reveal his location on Twitter by accident.

Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar tweeted a photo of himself and his father eating at a restaurant, but seemed to forget about Twitter’s location function which automatically tags where an image is taken.



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Guzman’s 29-year-old son, who regularly writes about his father on social media, posted the picture on Monday with the caption “August here, you already know with whom”.

The image shows Salazar eating at a table with two other men who have their faces obscured by cartoon emoticons; however the figure on Salazar’s left bears a strong resemblance to the infamous drug lord.

The tweet which clearly shows the location has been retweeted and favourited nearly 1,500 times.

Costa Rica’s Judicial Police have announced that they are investigating the Twitter post, according to local media.

However, the post remains the first piece of evidence to suggest that Guzman is in the country