Word: guzman
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...when scanning Forbes' latest list of "The World's Billionaires." But amid the various business tycoons, A-list celebs and royal heirs on the annual roll call is someone known mainly by members of Mexico's seedy underground and the police officers who chase them: Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman Loera. (Read "Mexico Exports its Drug Wars to Guatemala...
...most wanted criminal. And because his Sinaloa cartel traffics billions of dollars' worth of cocaine to the U.S. each year, American authorities are no less interested in bringing him down. The U.S. government is offering a $5 million reward for his capture - a rather meager amount given that Guzman's estimated net worth is $1 billion, putting him at #701 on the Forbes list, between a Swiss oil tycoon and an American heir to the Campbell Soup fortune. And unlike many of his fellow billionaires who've already lost untold fortunes to the global downturn, Guzman's empire likely made...
...Forbes senior editor Luisa Kroll told The Times of London: "He is not available for interviews, but his financial situation is doing quite well." But while he's not the first narco-kingpin to make the list (that dubious honor went to Colombian cocaine czar Pablo Escobar in 1989), Guzman's inclusion has rankled more than a few readers. As one commenter wrote on Forbes.com: "Since you have started glorifying drug lords and letting younger people see them as 'Billionaires,' this will be my last article...
...Began his career in the drug trade as an apprentice of "El Padrino" (Godfather) Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, who once headed Mexico's most powerful drug cartel. Guzman founded his own cartel in 1980, quickly establishing posts in 17 Mexican states. Sinaloa, his organization, takes its name from a Mexican state along the Pacific coast long known as a hotbed for drug trafficking. After Gallardo's arrest in 1989, Guzman inherited some of his territory...
...recreation area shootout last March seemed to pit Guatemalan trafficker, Juan Jose "Juancho" Leon Ardon, linked to the Gulf cartel, against members of the Sinaloa cartel, believed to be led by Mexican drug boss, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera. Local newspapers reported that Leon Ardon and his group had stolen a drug shipment from the Sinaloa cartel, which then allegedly sought vengeance by killing Leon Ardon and 10 of his men. The 12th victim was Arturo Damian Casanova, a Mexican national and suspected member of the Sinaloa cartel. In April, the Guatemalan police detained Mexican national Daniel "El Cachetes" Perez...