Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (Spanish: [xoaˈkin aɾtʃiˈβaldo ɣusˈman loˈeɾa]; born 4 April 1957), commonly known as "El Chapo" (pronounced [el ˈtʃapo]), is a Mexican former drug lord and a former leader within the
The Sinaloa drug cartel, one of the most powerful in Mexico, are makers of the opioid drug fentanyl which has killed thousands of users in the United States.
Jorge Ivan Gastelum Avila was an assassin for the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán's drug trafficking organization, the Justice Department said.
The Sinaloa Cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in the world and is largely responsible for the manufacturing and importing of fentanyl for distribution in the United States. Fentanyl is a dangerous synthetic opioid that is more than 50 times more potent than heroin.
Drug lords (Spanish: Capos): The highest position in any drug cartel, responsible for supervising the entire drug industry, appointing territorial leaders, making alliances, in addition to planning high-profile murders.
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He is considered the 'King of Cocaine' and is known as the lord of all drug lords. In 1989, Forbes magazine declared Escobar as the seventh-richest man in the world, with an estimated personal fortune of US$30 billion. In 1986, he attempted to enter Colombian politics.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez, also known as "El Gato," was arrested Saturday, January 7, 2023, by Mexican authorities.
In 1975, Pablo Escobar began smuggling and trafficking cocaine. He flew a plane himself several times, mainly between Colombia and Panama, in order to smuggle a load into the United States.
This will remain an open and active case until El Chapo's second in command, Ismael " El Mayo" Garcia, is arrested or dead. El Mayo has been a fugitive for 14 years, ever since Chicago prosecutors named him in the sweeping charges.
Prosecutors blame Chapo for the killing of Manuel Alejandro Aponte Gomez aka “Bravo.” He was said to be in charge of security when Chapo was captured in February 2014. borderlandbeat.com/2014/04/riodoc…
In 2018, he appeared in the biopic Cocaine Godmother, which focuses on the drug lord Griselda Blanco, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones. The same year, he appears as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in the Netflix original series Narcos: Mexico, featuring actors such as Diego Luna and Michael Peña.
He is considered to have been one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world. Life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 30 years, must forfeit assets worth more than $12.6 billion.
The current criminal landscape in Mexico is driven largely by the battle between the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) and the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS), though three other major transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), Los Zetas, Gulf Cartel, and Juarez Cartel, all contribute to high levels of violence.
Los Zetas also operate through protection rackets, assassinations, extortion, kidnappings and other illegal activities. The organization is based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, directly across the border from Laredo, Texas.
After the 9/11 attacks, bin Laden became the most wanted man in the world, with the FBI placing a $25 million bounty on his head. Bin Laden managed to evade capture for more than a decade, but met his end in May 2011 when he was shot and killed by U.S. military forces in Abbottabad (bawd), Pakistan.
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The word cartel comes from the Italian word cartello, which means a "leaf of paper" or "placard", and is itself derived from the Latin charta meaning "card". The Italian word became cartel in Middle French, which was borrowed into English.
Origins. The birth of most Mexican drug cartels is traced to former Mexican Judicial Federal Police agent Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (Spanish: El Padrino, lit.
Although rare, blatant cartel violence in American cities does occur.
Corrupt Mexican officials have helped drug cartels in the country obtain state-of-the-art spyware which can be used to hack mobile phones, according to a senior DEA official.
El Chapo is locked up for life at the Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. He somehow survived a ferocious firefight that preceded his arrest seven years ago.