In newly released testimony, U. Feb 28, Mexico's ruling elite, the US Government, and the dwindling band of hardy drug war aficionados in the global law enforcement community all noted with great satisfaction last week's re-arrest, after 13 years on the lam, of Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka "El Chapo," purportedly that country's leading illegal drug trafficker.
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Here are a few. By Christopher Helman Forbes Staff. Oct 27, May 14, He may have little formal education, but he has a Ph. El Chapo's career has also been marked by infighting and bloodshed.
He split from the core group of Guadalajara-based traffickers in the s and began a bloody fight with the Tijuana Cartel , also known as the Arellano Felix Organization, which ran the lucrative Tijuana trafficking corridor. His cohorts from Sinaloa, Arturo and Hector Beltran Leyva , regularly brought him suitcases of cash so he could grease the wheels of power inside the prison and continue his opulent lifestyle, including specially prepared meals and conjugal visits from his wife, girlfriends and prostitutes.
He eluded capture for more than a decade by creating a sophisticated security system, allegedly basing himself in isolated, rural areas of Sinaloa and Durango. While Chapo was on the run, there were a number of seeming close calls that later turned out be fabricated. However, later reports indicated that the operation had never occurred, and that the false information may have been an effort to boost Calderon's popularity in the run-up to the elections.
Numerous musicians have celebrated his ability to elude capture and undermine the authorities. Despite pressure from US officials for his extradition nearly as soon as he was captured in February, tense US-Mexico relations have left in doubt whether the cartel boss will ever face justice in the United States. On July 11, , Mexico authorities reported that El Chapo has escaped from his maximum-security prison yet again. No laundry cart was reportedly involved this time, as was the case for his legendary escape in He apparently crawled through a tunnel that was 1.
On January 8, , Mexico's president wrote on Twitter, "Mission accomplished: we have him. He was later moved to a facility near the U. S border in Juarez, Mexico. Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York, and pleaded not guilty to over a dozen charges.
Eduardo Balarezo, asked Judge Brian M. Cogan to move the trial from Brooklyn to the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, which is directly connected to the high-security facility where the defendant was being held. The request was denied. His lawyer immediately raised eyebrows with the claim that the actual leader of the Sinaloa Cartel was a man named Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who had paid "the entire government" to look the other way.
Another witness testified that the drug lord's wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, was heavily involved in planning his escape from prison. On February 12, , following more than hours of testimony from 56 witnesses, El Chapo was found guilty on all 10 counts against him, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiracy to launder narcotics proceeds and use of firearms.
In April , Netflix released the first season of its crime drama, El Chapo , which depicts the rise and eventual downfall of the notorious drug kingpin, played by actor Marco de la O. The second season was released that September and season 3 followed in July Among his children who have taken roles within their father's drug-trafficking business, Ivan Guzman is perhaps one of the most conspicuous, sharing his extravagant playboy lifestyle full of cars, wild animals, guns and parties, on social media.
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