NEW YORK: The FBI is investigating an alleged threat against US presidential contender Donald Trump from a Mexican drug kingpin on the run from jail, his campaign said.

Trump asked the FBI to look into the threatening tweet, written from an account with the same name as fugitive Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, although with no confirmed connections to the escaped convict.

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