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Did Twitter predict El Chapo's escape? Take it with a grain of salt

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's escape from a Mexican prison last weekend predicted by messages on Twitter? Did the Mexican drug lord really use Twitter to threaten Donald Trump?

Take it all with a big grain of salt, as neither Twitter nor the Mexican government has verified the authenticity of several messages.

Guzman's escape through a tunnel below a maximum-security prison Saturday was an instant sensation on social media, where the drug lord was already a folk antihero.

Attention also almost immediately zoomed toward a Twitter account bearing the name of Guzman's son, Ivan, who has been accused of helping run Guzman's Sinaloa drug cartel.

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