Los Mochis

It was a 20-plus-hour bus ride from his home in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, and he went to bed in tears his first handful of nights away from his family.

This offseason, Muñoz and his wife, Wendy, returned to their hometown of Los Mochis, Mexico.

After his 2015 tunnel escape, Guzmán managed to evade capture for six months before Mexican special forces finally captured him outside Los Mochis, in his home state of Sinaloa.

In the Mariners’ first save situation since Sewald was traded, manager Scott Servais turned to Muñoz on Wednesday, and the 24-year-old from Los Mochis, Mexico, pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning with two strikeouts for his third save of the season.

The government had shut down the airport, as well as airports in Los Mochis and Mazatlan for security reasons.