No, El Chapo Didn't Escape From Prison, But The Memes Are Funny Anyway

    Seriously, though, he's still in prison.

    Norberto Briceño
    by Norberto Briceño

    BuzzFeed Staff

    On Friday, rumors began spreading on the internet that notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán had escaped prison for the third time.

    Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP / Getty Images

    But Mexico's secretary of the interior squashed the rumors, tweeting a photo of El Chapo in prison Friday.

    Miguel A.OsorioChong @osoriochong

    Para los rumores, una imagen...

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    Guzmán famously escaped from a maximum security prison in Mexico in 2001, and then again in 2015.

    The rumor appears to have been spread through several fake news sources, like this spoof "ABC News" website:

    Via abcnews.com.co

    Still, despite the rumors being proved false, Twitter users ran with it and produced some highly-fascinating reactions. "El Chapo" was even trending No. 1 on Twitter in the United States.

    And because it's social media, the memes were unleashed:

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