Mexican government officials are taking every precaution to make certain notorious drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán does not escape their grasp for a third time.

CNN reports, since being recaptured on Jan. 8, the reputed leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel has been placed in a maximum security cell, where motion sensors monitor his every move. Prison floors have also been reinforced with more steel rods.

In addition, a pack of dogs trained to track and detect his scent stand at attention, and he is moved from one cell to another every few minutes. During his first five nights back in custody, Guzmán reportedly was transferred as many as seven times, and at least 400 new cameras have been recently installed across the institution.

Guzmán escaped from custody for the second time in 14 years last July by drilling a hole through the floor of his shower stall to a tunnel that led to the outside world. Some of the motion detectors recently installed are also able to detect underground activity.

The kingpin, known to cohorts as "Shorty," also escaped custody in 2001 by hiding in a laundry cart.

Most recently, Guzmán was recaptured following a bloody shootout in which at least six of his henchmen were killed. Authorities have since claimed a recent Rolling Stone interview he conducted with Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn helped lead them to his hideout.

The Penn interview was brokered by Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, who was also on hand for the meeting. Mexican officials also insisted they had been tracking Guzmán through contacts his representatives made with filmmakers and actors about making a biopic documenting his life.

Meanwhile, Penn and del Castillo are now rumored to be under scrutiny by the Mexican government. She was recently called to testify before a select panel about her ongoing relationship with Guzmán.

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