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Opening Statements For 'El Chapo' Trial Start In New York
Guzmán faces 17 charges spanning nearly three decades. Prosecutors say Guzmán ran Mexico's Sinaloa cartel from 1989 to 2014. In that time, they allege the cartel brought cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the U.S. Prosecutors also charged Guzmán in connection with the assassinations of thousands of competitors. If convicted, he faces life in prison. Guzmán was extradited to the U.S. last year and pleaded not guilty to all charges. Watch Video

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Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán


Born
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera
25 December 1954 (age 63)
or
4 April 1957 (age 61)
La Tuna, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
Other names
El Chapo (The Shorty)
The Last Godfather
El Rápido
Occupation
Leader of Sinaloa Cartel
Farmer (claimed)[1]
Net worth
U.S. $4 billion (2016 estimate)
Height
168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight
91 kg (201 lb)
Predecessor
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Successor
Ismael Zambada García
Criminal status
Imprisoned in the U.S. pending trial
Spouse(s)
At least 4
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Relatives
At least 10
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Criminal charge
Murder, money laundering, drug trafficking, racketeering, organized 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 and the US Drug Enforcement Administration
Wanted since
2001 (Prior to 2014 incarceration)
Escaped
1st escape: 19 January 2001
2nd escape: 11 July 2015
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (/ˈɡuːzmɑːn/;[4] Spanish: ; born on 25 December 1954 or 4 April 1957) is a Mexican suspected drug lord and former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa where it was formed. He is known as "El Chapo" ("Shorty", pronounced [el ˈtʃapo]) for his 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) stature), and he became Mexico's top drug kingpin in 2003 after the arrest of his rival Osiel Cárdenas Guillén of the Gulf Cartel. He was considered the "most powerful drug trafficker in the world" by the United States Department of the Treasury.[6]
Each year from 2009 to 2011, Forbes magazine ranked Guzmán as one of the most powerful people in the world, ranking him 41st, 60th, and 55th, respectively. He was thus the second most powerful man in Mexico, after Carlos Slim. The magazine also calls him the "biggest drug lord of all time." The U.S. federal government considers Guzmán "the most ruthless, dangerous, and feared man on the planet"[10] and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) estimated that he matched the influence and reach of Pablo Escobar and considered him "the godfather of the drug world".[11] In 2013, the Chicago Crime Commission named Guzmán "Public Enemy Number One" for the influence of his criminal network in Chicago, though there is no evidence that he has ever been in that city.[12] The last person to receive such notoriety was Al Capone in 1930.[13]
Guzmán's Sinaloa Cartel t***sports multi-ton cocaine shipments from Colombia through Mexico to the United States, the world's top consumer,[3] and has distribution cells throughout the U.S. The organization has been involved in the production, smuggling, and distribution of Mexican methamphetamine, marijuana, ecstasy (MDMA)[14] and heroin throughout America and Europe. By the time of his 2014 arrest, Guzmán had exported more drugs to the United States than any other trafficker,[17] including more than 500 tons (500,000 kg) of cocaine in the U.S. alone.]
Guzmán was first captured in 1993 in Guatemala and was extradited and sentenced to 20 years in prison in Mexico for murder and drug trafficking. He bribed prison guards and escaped from a federal maximum-security prison in 2001.] He was wanted by the governments of Mexico and the United States and by INTERPOL. The U.S. offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture, and the Mexican government offered a reward of 60 million pesos (approximately $3.8 million).] He was arrested a second time in Mexico on 22 February 2014, found inside a fourth-floor condominium in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, and was captured without any gunshots. Guzmán escaped again in July 2015 through a 1.5 km (0.93 mi) tunnel that led to a construction site.[ He was recaptured by Mexican marines and Federal Police following a shoot-out on 8 January 2016 He was extradited to the United States on 19 January 2017 to face criminal charges related to his leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel]

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That guy has quite a record doesn't he?