Mexican drug lord incarcerated in a US federal prison (born 1957)
"Joaquín Guzmán" and "El Chapo" redirect here. For the former president of El Salvador, see Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán. For other uses, see El Chapo (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guzmán and the second or maternal family name is Loera.
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
Booking photo from January 2017
Born
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera
(1957-04-04) 4 April 1957 (age 67)
La Tuna, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
Other names
El Chapo (Shorty)
El Rápido (Speedy)
Occupation
Leader of Sinaloa Cartel
Height
168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Predecessor
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Successor
Ismael Zambada García
Criminal status
Incarcerated
Spouses
At least 4
Alejandrina María Salazar Hernández
(m. 1977)
Estela Peña (m. date unknown)
Griselda López Pérez (m. mid-1980s)
Children
At least 15
Rosa Isela Guzmán Ort •
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 guilty on all 10 counts included in the federal indictment against him, including leading an ongoin
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Joaquín Guzmán
Joaquín Guzmán
2017 Mugshot of El Chapo
Born
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera
(1957-04-04) 4 April 1957 (age 67)
La Tuna, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
Other names
El Chapo (The Shorty)
El Rápido
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