Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been paraded to the world's press by Mexican marines - hours after the drug lord was recaptured, the Sky News reported.

The notorious fugitive is being taken back to the same maximum-security prison he escaped from back in July, after using an elaborate tunnel which had been dug to his shower stall.

Handcuffed, Guzman was bundled into a military helicopter after being forced to face the media.

Announcing his detainment on Twitter, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto wrote: "Mission accomplished: We got him. I want to inform Mexicans that Joaquin Guzman Loera has been arrested."

Guzman was captured after a shootout with Mexican marines in his home state of Sinaloa, according to reports.

The Mexican government announced it was offering a 60 million peso (£2.5m) reward for information leading to Guzman's capture.

The head of the Sinaloa drug cartel had previously evaded capture for years in the rugged mountains of Sinaloa state after he escaped from another maximum security prison in 2001.

Source: MENA