‘El Chapo’ Threatens Donald Trump Over Twitter Remarks

Donald Trump wasted no time in using "El Chapo" Guzman’s prison break for political gain.

Trump hit up Twitter and went off on border security, Mexico, and Mexico's most powerful drug lord, resulting in a response by someone claiming to be El Chapo himself. Trump's online rant started with a Tweet Sunday regarding Guzman's jail break.

Mexico's biggest drug lord escapes from jail. Unbelievable corruption and USA is paying the price. I told you so!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2015

And over the next 24 hours, he fired off a flurry of border-related Tweets, including the following:

El Chapo and the Mexican drug cartels use the border unimpeded like it was a vacuum cleaner, sucking drugs and death right into the U.S.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015

....likewise, billions of dollars gets brought into Mexico through the border. We get the killers, drugs & crime, they get the money!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015

When will people, and the media, start to apologize to me for my statement, "Mexico is sending....", which turned out to be true? El Chapo

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015

Someone from an unverified Twitter account purported to be El Chapo's who was clearly not happy with the criticism aimed at him and his country replied to Trump in Spanish that he would make him eat his words if the presidential candidate didn't slow his roll. Well, he actually used far more colorful language.

Trump has since contacted the FBI regarding the threat. There's no word if they consider the warning to be credible, though.