christiefan915
Catalyst
The article was written before his capture but I wanted to post this list. Note the number of deaths he's responsible for. Yet Muslim haters will ignore this and instead focus on what's happening in the ME rather than right across our border.
Who is El Chapo?
Here are 5 things you need to know about Mexico's most powerful -- now escaped -- drug lord:
1. He's responsible for the deaths of at least 70,000 people.
That number is according to Forbes, tracing back his cartel's tie to the Mexican drug violence that has claimed more than 100,000 lives. But he reportedly told Mexican officials, while being transferred to prison, that he'd killed 2,000-3,000.
2. He's worth at least $1 billion
A modern-day Al Capone, only in 2014 after his capture, did Forbes drop Guzman from its list of world's most powerful people. He'd been on the list since 2009, ranking as high as 41st spot. The magazine has also called him the "biggest drug lord of all time."
3. He's escaped before
After he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder and drug trafficking, it didn't take long for Guzman to own the place. He bribed guards and was able to escape his maximum-security prison in 2001. He managed to hide out in his various homes -- all equipped with escape tunnels -- and stayed on the move with his personal fleet of jets, submarines and trains to avoid authorities, and even managed to grow his empire before his recapture in 2014.
4. He's been married several times
First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the women. Tony Montana didn't lie. Guzman has been married at least four times and sired 10 children -- most of whom have followed him into the drug trade. His latest wife is a former teen beauty queen with a U.S. passport. At 5-foot-6 (thus his nickname -- El Chapo means The Shorty), he's no less the romantic. One story tells of his attempt in his younger days at wooing a woman who worked at a village bank by hiring a plane to drop hundreds of flowers on the town. However, he's also known for a love of prostitutes.
5. He's revered by many in Mexico
Because of his vast empire, there were legitimate employment concerns when Guzman was nabbed in 2014. Many considered him as a Robin Hood of poor Mexican villages where his drug operation pumped millions into local economies. "He's helped a lot of people," Jesus Gonzalez, a church caretaker told the L.A. Times in 2014. "(Guzman) has given out a lot of money. He's built many things."
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/07/1...out-escaped-mexican-drug-lord-el-chapo-guzman
Who is El Chapo?
Here are 5 things you need to know about Mexico's most powerful -- now escaped -- drug lord:
1. He's responsible for the deaths of at least 70,000 people.
That number is according to Forbes, tracing back his cartel's tie to the Mexican drug violence that has claimed more than 100,000 lives. But he reportedly told Mexican officials, while being transferred to prison, that he'd killed 2,000-3,000.
2. He's worth at least $1 billion
A modern-day Al Capone, only in 2014 after his capture, did Forbes drop Guzman from its list of world's most powerful people. He'd been on the list since 2009, ranking as high as 41st spot. The magazine has also called him the "biggest drug lord of all time."
3. He's escaped before
After he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder and drug trafficking, it didn't take long for Guzman to own the place. He bribed guards and was able to escape his maximum-security prison in 2001. He managed to hide out in his various homes -- all equipped with escape tunnels -- and stayed on the move with his personal fleet of jets, submarines and trains to avoid authorities, and even managed to grow his empire before his recapture in 2014.
4. He's been married several times
First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the women. Tony Montana didn't lie. Guzman has been married at least four times and sired 10 children -- most of whom have followed him into the drug trade. His latest wife is a former teen beauty queen with a U.S. passport. At 5-foot-6 (thus his nickname -- El Chapo means The Shorty), he's no less the romantic. One story tells of his attempt in his younger days at wooing a woman who worked at a village bank by hiring a plane to drop hundreds of flowers on the town. However, he's also known for a love of prostitutes.
5. He's revered by many in Mexico
Because of his vast empire, there were legitimate employment concerns when Guzman was nabbed in 2014. Many considered him as a Robin Hood of poor Mexican villages where his drug operation pumped millions into local economies. "He's helped a lot of people," Jesus Gonzalez, a church caretaker told the L.A. Times in 2014. "(Guzman) has given out a lot of money. He's built many things."
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/07/1...out-escaped-mexican-drug-lord-el-chapo-guzman
