Who's the biggest drug lord?

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
Guzman is the most notorious drug lord of all time, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In the 1980s he was a member of the Guadalajara Cartel and used to work for Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo.
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Who is the biggest drug lord in the world?

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Who is the strongest drug dealer?

CEO of the Sinaloa cartel, "El Chapo" is the world's most powerful drug trafficker. The cartel is responsible for an estimated 25% of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. via Mexico.
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Who is the most feared drug lord?

Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, called "the most dangerous drug trafficker in the world," extradited to the U.S. from Colombia - CBS News.
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Who is the most drug dealer in the world?

1. Pablo Escobar: $30 Billion – Topping the list of the richest drug lords. The notorious narcoterrorist and drug lord from Colombia was born Pablo Emilion Escobar Gaviria.
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How El Chapo Became World's Biggest Drug Lord



Who is the biggest drug lord now 2021?

As of 2021, the Sinaloa Cartel remains Mexico's most dominant drug cartel. After the arrest of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the cartel is now headed by Ismael Zambada García (aka El Mayo) and Guzmán's sons, Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, Ovidio Guzmán López and Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar.
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Did Pablo Escobar Meet El Chapo?

Chapo started to come up in the late 1990s. Pablo never met Chapo. Pablo's contacts in Mexico in the '80s —we had great evidence, we had fax intercepts —were people like Amado Carrillo Fuentes, [known as] El Señor de Los Cielos. But Pablo never met with Chapo.
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Who took over for El Chapo?

When Chapo was arrested in a 2016 firefight, Mayo was the man who assumed leadership. At the time, U.S. officials were offering only a $5 million reward for El Chapo and to this day, will pay only $10 million for rival New Generation cartel boss El Mencho.
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Who is the most wanted drug lord now?

Most Wanted Fugitives
  • Yulan Andony Archaga Carias. ...
  • Chuen Yip. ...
  • Rafael Caro-Quintero. ...
  • Ismael Zambada Garcia. ...
  • Kenny Jing Ang Chen. ...
  • Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes. ...
  • Julio Alex Diaz. ...
  • Rommel Pascua Cipriano.
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How is El Chapo doing?

Guzman was convicted in 2019 of conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, including large-scale narcotics violations and a murder conspiracy, drug trafficking conspiracies, unlawful use of a firearm, and a money laundering conspiracy. He is currently serving a life sentence.
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Where is Escobar's money?

A nephew of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar has said he found a plastic bag with money worth $18m (£14m) hidden in the wall of one of his uncle's houses.
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Where is Escobar family now?

The Aftermath Of Pablo Escobar's Death

As Colombian police stormed Medellín and rounded up Escobar's cartel, Maria Victoria Henao and her two children packed up their lives and fled. After Germany and Mozambique denied them asylum, the family eventually settled in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Where is Escobar buried?

The notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar died in a shootout with the Colombian National Police on December 2, 1993. He was buried in the peaceful Cemetario Jardines Montesacro in Itagüí, just south of Medellín, where Escobar grew up.
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Who caught Pablo Escobar?

Stephen E. Murphy (born 1957) is an American retired federal agent of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) who, along with Javier Peña, was one of the lead investigators in the manhunt of Colombian drug lord and leader of the Medellín Cartel, Pablo Escobar.
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Is El Chapo a true story?

This drama series chronicles the true story of the rise, capture and escape of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.
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How much is Escobar worth?

With a reported worth of $25 billion, Escobar had ample money to spend—and he did. His lavish lifestyle included private planes, luxurious homes (see below), and over-the-top parties. In the late 1980s he reportedly offered to pay off his country's debt of $10 billion if he would be exempt from any extradition treaty.
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Where is Agent Pena now?

Following the investigation of the Medellín Cartel, Peña worked for the DEA with additional assignments in Puerto Rico, Texas and Colombia. Peña retired from the DEA in 2014. Kingsville, Texas, U.S.
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Did Pablo Escobar help the poor?

He built the land, filling it with football fields, dinosaur statues, to an artificial lake and zoo that housed giraffes, hippos, and camels. On the other hand, Pablo was known as a hero. He funded many projects to help the poor, bringing him together with the fabled legend, Robin Hood.
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