Reports: Escaped cartel leader Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán spotted in Mexico car crash

Escaped Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán could be back in Mexico after media outlets reported he fled federal agents after a car crash.

The Latin Times reported that Guzmán was taken to the Hospital Regional de Macuspana in Macuspana following a car crash in Tabasco, near the Mexico-Guatemala border.

Witnesses at the scene claimed that Guzmán, who escaped from a maximum-security prison in July, was present at the scene and had been taken to the hospital for treatment.

A medical report obtained by the Times show that the patient, possibly Guzmán, asked to be released from the hospital and subsequently left before federal law enforcement officials arrived.

The hospital's director later denied that sequence of events took place, but refused to share details about the patient believed to be Guzmán.

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