Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman

Joaquín Guzmán
1993 mugshot of Joaquín Guzmán
Born	Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (1954-12-25) 25 December 1954 (age 62) or (1957-04-04) 4 April 1957 (age 60) La Tuna, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico
Other names	El Chapo (The Shorty) The Last Godfather El Rapido
Occupation	Leader of Sinaloa Cartel
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Predecessor	Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Successor	Ismael Zambada García
Criminal charge	murder, money laundering, drug trafficking, racketeering, organized crime
Criminal status	Imprisoned
Spouse(s)	At least 4 Alejandrina María Salazar Hernández (1977) Estela Peña (date unknown) Griselda López Pérez (mid-1980s) Emma Coronel Aispuro (2007)
Children	At least 10 Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar César Guzmán Salazar Alejandrina Gisselle Guzmán Salazar Édgar Guzmán López (†) Joaquín Guzmán López Ovidio Guzmán López Griselda Guadalupe Guzmán López María Joaquina Guzmán Coronel Emali Guadalupe Guzmán
Reward amount	Mexico: $3.8 million USD United States: $5 million USD
Capture status	1st capture: 9 June 1993 2nd capture: 22 February 2014 3rd capture: 8 January 2016
Wanted by	PGR and DEA
Wanted since	2001 (Prior to 2014 incarceration)
Escaped	1st escape: 19 January 2001 2nd escape: 11 July 2015

Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (Spanish pronunciation: [xoaˈkin artʃiˈβaldo ɡusˈman loˈeɾa]; Sinaloa, 25 December 1954 or 4 April 1957) is a Mexican drug lord who headed the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa where it was formed. Known as "El Chapo" ("Shorty", pronounced: [el ˈtʃapo]) for his 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) stature, he became Mexico's top drug kingpin in 2003 after the arrest of his rival Osiel Cárdenas of the Gulf Cartel, and was considered the "most powerful drug trafficker in the world" by the United States Department of the Treasury.

Each year from 2009 to 2011 Forbes magazine ranked Guzmán as one of the most powerful people in the world, ranking 41st, 60th, and 55th respectively. He was thus the second most powerful man in Mexico, after Carlos Slim. He was named as the 10th richest man in Mexico (1,140th in the world) in 2011, with a net worth of roughly US$1 billion. The magazine also calls him the "biggest drug lord of all time." The U.S. Federal Government considers Joaquin Guzman "The most ruthless, dangerous, and feared man on the planet" and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) estimates he has matched the influence and reach of Pablo Escobar, and now considers him "the godfather of the drug world". In 2013, the Chicago Crime Commission named Guzmán "Public Enemy Number One" for the influence of his criminal network in Chicago, though there is no evidence that Guzmán has ever been in that city. The last person to receive such notoriety was Al Capone in 1930.