Biography
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (born April 4, 1957), widely known as El Chapo, is a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
This international criminal organization specializes in drug-related activities.
El Chapo is considered the most powerful drug trafficker in the world and the biggest drug lord of all time.
He was successful in smuggling multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the United States by air, sea and land.
Former Mexican drug lord
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| Full name: | Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera |
| Stage name: | El Chapo |
| Born: | April 4, 1957 (age 67) |
| Place of birth: | La Tuna, Mexico |
| Still alive: | Yes, imprisoned |
| Nationality: | Mexican |
| Parents: | María Consuelo Loera Pérez, Emilio Guzmán Bustillos |
| The children: | Ovidio Guzmán López, Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, Emali Guadalupe Guzmán Coronel, Édgar Guzmán López, María Joaquina Guzmán Coronel, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, Alejandrina Gisselle Guzmán Salazar, Laisha Guzmán, Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz, Griselda Guadalupe Guzmán Lezmán , Kim Guzman Dolci, César Guzman Salazar |
| Height: | 1.68 meters |
| Siblings: | Miguel Ángel Guzmán Loera, Miguel Ángel Guzmán Loera, Aureliano Guzmán Loera, Bernarda Guzmán Loera, Armida Guzmán Loera, Emilio Guzmán Loera, Ovidio Guzmán Loera |
| Spouse • Wife: | Alejandrina María Salazar Hernández (m. 1977), Emma Coronel Aispuro (m. 2007) |
| Job: | Businessman • Drug lord |
| Net worth: | 3 billion dollars |
Early life
Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán was born in Sinaloa, Mexico and grew up in a poor farming family.
His parents are Emilio Guzmán Bustillos and María Consuelo Loera Pérez.
It was reported that he suffered physical abuse from his father and also became involved in drug trafficking through his father, helping his father grow marijuana for local drug dealers as a teenager.
As a child, he sold oranges and dropped out of school in the third grade to join his father in the drug trade.
As a teenager, his father kicked him out of the house, and he went to live with his grandfather. During his youth, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán earned the nickname “El Chapo”, Mexican slang for “shorty”, because of his 1.68 metres (5 ft 6 in) tall and stocky build.
Education
Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán dropped out of school in the third grade to work with his father, and TheCityCeleb can tell he’s an uneducated drug lord. He hasn’t had any formal education since dropping out.
Career
Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán oversaw the production, smuggling and distribution of cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana and heroin in large quantities across the United States and Europe, the world’s largest users.
He is the largest exporter of drugs to the United States and this led Forbes to rank him as one of the most influential people in the world from 2009 to 2013.
He was first arrested in Guatemala in 1993 and extradited to Mexico where he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder and drug trafficking. However, he bribed prison officials and escaped from a maximum security federal prison in 2001.
Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán was captured in Mexico in 2014, but escaped before his formal sentencing in 2015 through a tunnel dug by his accomplices into his prison cell. But Mexican authorities eventually recaptured him after a shootout in 2016 and extradited him to the United States a year later.
In 2019, he was convicted of several criminal charges related to his leadership of the Sinaloa cartel, sentenced to life in prison, and incarcerated at ADX Florence, Colorado, United States.
At the time of his arrest, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán was Mexico’s richest and most powerful drug cartel, smuggling tons of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the United States by air, sea and land.
Social media
Despite being in prison, drug lord Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán maintains his Instagram page by posting many pictures of himself. He has nearly 65 thousand followers on Instagram.
Instagram Name – @elchapolaserie.
Personal life
Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán comes from a family of drug traffickers. Several family members, including his brother, one of his sons and a nephew, were killed while trafficking drugs by rival Sinaloa cartels Los Zetas and the Beltrán Leyva Organization.
In 1977, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán married Alejandrina María Salazar Hernández in a small ceremony in the town of Jesús María, Sinaloa. The couple had at least three children: César Guzmán Salazar, Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar.
In November 2007, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán married 18-year-old American beauty queen, Emma Coronel Aispuro.
Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s children are Ovidio Guzmán López, Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, Emali Guadalupe Guzmán Coronel, Édgar Guzmán López, María Joaquina Guzmán Coronel, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, Alejandrina Gisselle Guzmán Salazar, Laisha Guzmán, Rosa Isela Guzmán Or hello, Griselda Guadalupe Guzmán López, Kim Guzman Dolci and César Guzmán Salazar. He has twelve children.
He has seven siblings, namely Miguel Ángel Guzmán Loera, Miguel Ángel Guzmán Loera, Aureliano Guzmán Loera, Bernarda Guzmán Loera, Armida Guzmán Loera, Emilio Guzmán Loera and Ovidio Guzmán Loera.
Net worth
Considered one of the world’s smartest and richest drug lords along with drug lord Pablo Escobar, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s net worth is over $3 billion.
