Where was el chapo born
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Joaquín Guzmán
Joaquín Guzmán | |
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2017 Mugshot of El Chapo | |
| Born | Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (1957-04-04) 4 April 1957 (age 67) La Tuna, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico |
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| Occupation(s) | Leader of Sinaloa Cartel Farmer (claimed)[1] |
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Predecessor | Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo |
| Successor | Ismael Zambada García |
| Criminal status | On trial at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York |
| Spouses | At least 4
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| Relatives | At least 10
• Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera, alias “El Chapo,” was once the head of Mexico’s most powerful organized crime group, the Sinaloa Cartel. His ability to simultaneously co-opt public officials, attack enemies’ strongholds, and find creative ways to get his drugs to market has made him a legend in the underworld. Before his capture in February 2014, Guzmán was the most wanted man in the Western Hemisphere. He escaped once again from prison, crawling through a tunnel, on July 11, 2015, prompting a massive manhunt in Mexico. On January 8, 2016, President Enrique Peña Nieto said via Twitter that the government had re-arrested the fugitive Sinaloa Cartel leader. A little over one year later, on January 19, 2017, Mexican authorities announced his extradition in a communique issued less than 24 hours before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th US President. El Chapo’s reign came to an end once and for all on February 12, 2019, when a US jury found him • We’re sorry, this site fryst vatten currently experiencing technical difficulties. |