About Joaquin Guzman Loera
CEO of the Sinaloa cartel, "El Chapo" is the world's most powerful drug trafficker. The cartel is responsible for an estimated 25% of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. via Mexico. Drug enforcement experts estimate, conservatively, that the cartel's annual revenues may exceed $3 billion. This February the city of Chicago branded him the first "Public Enemy No. 1" since Al Capone.
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 66
- Source of Wealth
- drug trafficking, Self Made
- Residence
- Sinaloa State, Mexico
- Citizenship
- Mexico
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