U.S. federal authorities announced on Wednesday that they are offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the Sinaloa cartel boss who escaped a high-security Mexican prison last month through a mile-long tunnel, reports the Chicago Tribune.

The U.S. $5 million reward is in addition to the $3.8 million reward already offered by the Mexican government.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) also has set up a toll-free tip line (844-692-4101) for U.S. residents, as well as an international tip line (001-844-692-4101), the DEA said in a news release.

Information about Guzmán's whereabouts can also be emailed to chapotips@usdoj.gov.

Acting DEA Commissioner Chuck Rosenberg said in a statement that Guzmán "has destroyed lives and communities throughout the United States and Mexico and his capture is a high priority for the DEA," adding, "His escape poses a danger to the safety and security of both our countries."

If captured, Guzmán faces federal charges in multiple courts across the U.S., including Chicago, where he was indicted in 2009 in an investigation that also snared his Sinaloa cartel underbosses, a rival cartel leader, and numerous drug wholesalers and middlemen from Chicago to Mexico, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The first time Guzmán escaped prison was in 2001. He eluded law enforcement for 13 years before being arrested in the Mexican town of Mazatlan in February 2014. At that time, the Mexican government said it wanted to prosecute him before extraditing him to the U.S. and promised tighter security so that he would not escape again.

On July 11, Guzmán escaped the Altiplano federal prison near Mexico City through a tunnel that had been dug beneath the shower stall in his cell. The tunnel was outfitted with electric lighting and a motorcycle that ran on a rail. El Chapo rode the motorcycle through the tunnel to a newly built house in an open field. The house was visible to prison guards, authorities reportedly have said.

Mexican law enforcement officials believe that Guzman has returned to the rugged Sinaloa mountains, where he has resumed control of his cartel.