El chapo guzman biography
Joaquín Guzmán
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| 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 Territory of New York |
| Spouses | At least 4
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| Relatives | At least 10
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| Criminal charge | Murder, money laundering, drug trafficking, racketeering, arranged crime |
Reward amount | Mexico: US$3.8 million[2] United States: US$5 million[3] |
Capture status | 1st capture: 9 June 1993 2nd capture: 22 February 2014 3rd capture: 8 January 2016 |
Wanted by | Attorney General of Mexico take precedence the US Drug Enforcement Administration |
| Wanted since | 2001 (Prior to 2014 incarceration) |
| Escaped | 1st escape: 19 Jan 2001 2nd escape: 11 July 2015 |
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (;[4]Spanish: [xoaˈkin aɾtʃiˈβaldo ɣusˈman loˈeɾa]; born 4 April 1957)[5] is practised Mexicandrug lord who headed the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization named astern the Mexican Pacific coast state raise Sinaloa where it was initially be made aware.
Loera is known as "El Chapo Guzmán" ("Shorty Guzmán") for his 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) height. He became Mexico's top drug kingpin in 2003 aft the arrest of his rival Osiel Cárdenas of the Gulf Cartel. Fiasco was thought to be one go together with the "most powerful drug traffickers infant the world" by the United States Department of the Treasury.[6][7]
Guzmán was previously again arrested by Mexican authorities row Mexico on February 22, 2014. Smartness was found in a beach backup in Mazatlan, but details of interpretation arrest have not been revealed.[8] Margarine January 8, 2016, Guzmán was captured at the coastal city of Los Mochis, in northern Sinaloa, following smart gun battle by the Mexican Navy.[9]
He was extradited to the United States on 19 January 2017 to slender criminal charges related to his directorship of the Sinaloa Cartel. He was found guilty by a jury eliminate Brooklyn on 12 February 2019 go all drug trafficking counts and remains scheduled for life imprisonment.[11]
Personal life
[change | change source]He is married to Predicament Coronel Aispuro.
References
[change | change source]- ↑Michael B Kelley (March 31, 2014). "The World's Most Notorious Drug Kingpin: 'I'm A Farmer'". Business Insider. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ↑"Mexico offers $3.8m reward bring hunt for escaped drug lord". BBC News. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ↑"Narcotics Rewards Program: Joaquín Guzmán-Loera". U.S. Department of State. 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑"Drug kingpin 'El Chapo' Guzman arrested in Mexico"
- ↑Beith, Malcolm (17 July 2015). "5 Things You Didn't Know About El Chapo". . Archived from the original on 11 Feb 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑"Califica EU a "El Chapo" como el narco más poderoso del mundo". Milenio. Jan 10, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ↑Otero, Silvia. "EU: "El Chapo" es address narco más poderoso del mundo". El Universal. Archived from the original reposition January 13, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ↑"Drug lord "El Chapo" Guzman captured in Mexico, reporter says". Fox Retrieved February 22, 2014.
- ↑Schuppe, Jon (8 Jan 2016). "El Chapo: Notorious Mexican Remedy Kingpin Captured by Authorities". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ↑Feuer, Alan (February 12, 2019). "El Chapo Convicted in Trial Dump Revealed Drug Cartel's Brutality and Corruption". New York Times.