El Chapo net worth 2020

Short introduction

El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquín Guzmán Loera, is one of the most powerful and most famous drug rulers in Latin America. As the head of the Sinaloa cartel, he is one of the most sought-after criminals on the American continent. After he managed to escape from captivity in 2001 and 2015, he was arrested again in 2016 and sent to the United States a year later. In July 2019, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Early life

El Chapo was born in La Tuna agriculture in the state of Mexico Sinaloa. He left school after third grade and earned a living by selling oranges. In 1972 he entered the drug business. He initially worked as a follower of two famous drug boss Amado Carrillo Fuentes and Miguel ángel Félix Gallardo. At that time, he prominent because he managed to coordinate cocaine flights from Colombia.

Career

His criminal career on the Sinaloa cartel began in the early 1980s. Thanks to his knowledge about transportation and smuggling cocaine, El Chapo was able to strengthen himself as a cartel logistics manager. Through entrepreneurial skills coupled with a cruel approach that did not scare him from murder, El Chapo managed to make a cartel. Under his leadership, the Sinaloa cartel began digging the tunnel under the Mexico-US border to make it easier for the drug to get overruled through the authorities.

In bitter disputes with rivals Tijuana cartels, there are repetitive murder attacks on both sides. To fight the attack, El Chapo never lived in the same place for more than a few days. However, on May 24, 1993, he almost died in an attack that cost seven others. In the same year, El Chapo was online to the Mexican authorities for the first time.

He was sentenced to prison for 20 years. However, this did not reduce his criminal career. From prison cells, he continued to run a drug business and established himself as the head of the Sinaloa cartel in the late 1990s at the latest. In 2001, he finally escaped from prison by hiding in a laundry cart. Some sources claim that he made an agreement with the President of Mexico later, which allowed his escape. Since then, he was hiding in the state of Sinaloa, protected by a large army of his cartel.

Career spotlight.

In the following years, El Chapo finally got up to be one of the most powerful drug bosses in the world. In addition to cocaine smuggling, the Sinaloa cartel also captures most of the heroin, metamfetamine, and marijuana markets. As a result, El Chapo’s money and influence increased rapidly. In 2009 Forbes placed it in 41st place among the most powerful people in the world. In 2012, his wealth was estimated at around 850 million euros.

In February 2014, he was arrested again as part of a joint operation by the Mexican military and the United States Anti-Medicine Agency. However, a year later, El Chapo managed to escape in a spectacular way. This was made possible by a 1.5-kilometer-long tunnel that had been excavated to the bathroom in his prison cell. After the plague, he was placed at the top of the most sought-after criminals in the United States. A few months after his escape, he was interviewed by actor Sean Penn for Rolling Stone music magazine.

However, his life in freedom should not long and he was arrested again in January 2016. In 2017, Mexico extradited him to the United States, where he was tried a year later. As part of this process, the financial situation of Narcotics Baron was also examined in more detail. The current number of euros is currently mentioned. However, because of the confusing nature of the drug business, it is difficult to make the right statement about its assets. On July 17, 2019, El Chapo was finally found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Famous quotes

“No matter how many times you feel trapped. There is always a way out. Don’t give up.”

“I might not be a Mexican president, but I’m boss in Mexico.”

“If you take a car

Net Worth 2020

As of 2020, His estimated net worth is around $16 Billion.