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Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán

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Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (Spanish: [xoaˈkin aɾtʃiˈβaldo ɣusˈman loˈeɾa]; born 4 April 1957), commonly known as "El Chapo", is a Mexican former drug lord and a former leader within the Sinaloa Cartel. Guzmán is believed to be responsible for the deaths of over 34,000 people, and was considered to be the most powerful drug trafficker in the world until he was extradited to the United States and sentenced to life in prison. Guzmán was born in Sinaloa and raised in a poor farming family. He endured much physical abuse at the hands of his father, through whom he also entered the drug trade, helping him grow marijuana for local dealers during his early adulthood. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is the 4th most popular mafioso (up from 16th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Mafioso.

Joaquín "el chapo" Guzmán is most famous for being the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a Mexican drug trafficking organization. He was arrested in 1993 and then escaped from prison in 2001. He was recaptured in 2014.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán ranks 4 out of 70. Before him are Pablo Escobar, Al Capone, and Billy the Kid. After him are Lucky Luciano, Salvatore Riina, Frank Lucas, Jesse James, Tamam Shud case, Jack Ruby, Griselda Blanco, and Meyer Lansky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán ranks 5. Before him are Osama bin Laden, Bongbong Marcos, Hans Zimmer, and Hamid Karzai. After him are Donald Tusk, Jaggi Vasudev, Luis Antonio Tagle, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dolph Lundgren, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán ranks 5 out of 729. Before him are Frida Kahlo (1907), Diego Rivera (1886), Anthony Quinn (1915), and Moctezuma II (1466). After him are Emiliano Zapata (1879), Carlos Santana (1947), Carlos Slim (1940), Octavio Paz (1914), Pancho Villa (1878), Cuauhtémoc (1495), and Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Mexico

Among mafiosos born in Mexico, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán ranks 1. After him are Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946), Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada (1948), and Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956).

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