joaquín guzmán loera

Born April 4, 1957

La Tuna, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico Other names El Chapo Occupation Illegal drug trafficker Net worth $1.0 billion (2009 Forbes)[1] Height 1.52 m (5 ft) Known for Sinaloa Cartel drug lord Partner Ismael Zambada Garcia, Ignacio Coronel-Villareal Notes Rewards of $5,000,000 and $2,000,000 are offered, respectively in the USA[2] and Mexico[3], for information leading to his capture.

Joaquín Guzmán Loera, (born April 4, 1957) also known as Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán ("Shorty"), is the head of an international drug trafficking organization referred to as the Sinaloa Cartel, named for the Mexican Pacific Coast state (Sinaloa) where it was initially formed. He became Mexico's top drug kingpin in 2003 after the arrest of his rival Osiel Cardenas of the Gulf Cartel. During the 1980s, Guzmán was associated with Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (known as El Padrino), head of the dominant drug trafficking group in Mexico at that time. After Félix Gallardo's capture, Guzman left the organization and soon gained notoriety as director of his own criminal enterprise.[4] Guzmán is wanted by the governments of Mexico, U.S.A. and by the INTERPOL;[5] so far he has evaded operations to capture him.

In 2009, Joaquin Guzman was listed at 701 on Forbes' list of wealthiest people in the world with an estimated net worth of $1 billion.[6][7] Contents [hide] 1 Mode of operations 2 Controversies 2.1 Murder of cardinal 2.2 Escape from Mexico 3 Recent appearances 3.1 2004 3.2 2005 3.3 2007 3.4 2008 3.5 2009 4 References 5 See also 6 External links //

Mode of operations

Guzmán is well known for his use of sophisticated tunnels—similar to the one located in Douglas, Arizona—to smuggle cocaine from Mexico into the United States in the early 1990s. In 1993 a 7.3 ton shipment of his cocaine, concealed in cans of chili peppers and destined for the United States, was seized in Tecate, Baja California.

Controversies

Murder of cardinal

In May 1993, members of the rival Tijuana Cartel coordinated a failed attempt to assassinate Guzmán in the Guadalajara, Jalisco airport, which resulted in the much publicized murder of the prominent Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo. Police believe that Tijuana Cartel gunmen thought Guzmán Loera was in the car, and the Cardinal was shot instead. At about the same time, an even more sophisticated tunnel that stretched from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico to the Otay Mesa, California area was discovered. The following month, Guzman-Loera was arrested in Mexico on homicide and drug charges.

Escape from Mexico

Guzman was captured in Guatemala on June 9, 1993 and extradited to Mexico; he was then transferred to the CERESO No. 2 prison located in Jalisco state,