Politicians in Mexico are serving up visual evidence in an effort to refute rumors that reputed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has escaped custody for a third time.

Mexican Secretary of Interior Miguel Angel Osorio Chung recently took to social media to post photos of a still-behind-bars Guzman. Chung captioned the photo "Los rumores, una images," which translates in English to state "For the rumors, an image."

Rumors began to spread after a fake article was recently posted online claiming Guzman was again on the loose.

Guzman Complains of Inhumane Treatment

Reports are jail has been hard on Guzman this time around, with his common law wife recently meeting with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights officials in Washington to complain about his treatment.

Emman Coronel Aispura recently meet with members of the Inter-American Commission and has deemed her husband's treatment "the worse torture that exists."

She claims that he is regularly denied sleep and often moved from cell to cell at all times of the night with at least part of the harshness being motivated by a desire to punish him for the embarrassment he caused Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto with his earlier escapes.

Just last month, Guzmán was transferred from a top security prison near Mexico City to a jail in Ciudad Juárez, located near the Texas border.

Guard Murder Probe Ongoing

Meanwhile, the probe into the recent killing of a guard assigned to guard the outside of the prison housing the man once hailed as the "the biggest drug lord of all time" is ongoing.

Jorge Maurico Melendez Herrera, 20, is reported to have died of a blow to the back of the neck. He had also been stabbed numerous times. As many as 300 soldiers have now been assigned to provide security around the prison.

More recently, the remains of the seven men were discovered in Mexico's western Sinaloa state, otherwise known as the now jailed Guzman's old home turf.

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