Who is the biggest drug traffickers of all time?

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 dealer in history?

Tse Chi Lop is the alleged architect behind the largest drug trafficking operation in history, yet unlike his global counterparts, he remained under the radar for more than a decade.
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Who is the most powerful drug trafficker?

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. Drug enforcement experts estimate, conservatively, that the cartel's annual revenues may exceed $3 billion.
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Who is the biggest drug dealer in US history?

The 20 Richest Drug Dealers in History
  • “Freeway Ricky” Ross: $600 Million.
  • Joseph Kennedy: $400 Million. ...
  • Zhenli Ye Gon: $300 Million. ...
  • Paul Lir Alexander: $170 Million. ...
  • Nicky Barnes: $105 Million. ...
  • George Jung: $100 Million. ...
  • José David Figueroa Agosto: $100 Million. ...
  • Frank Lucas: $52 Million. ...
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Who was the richest drug dealer ever?

Colombian drug baron Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria became the richest criminal of all time and one of the planet's wealthiest men via the production and distribution of drugs.
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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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Is El Chapo still rich?

El Chapo Net Worth is $3 Billion (Forbes 2022) Highest Wealth Assets.
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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 currently the most wanted drug lord?

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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Who is the drug king?

More than two decades after his death, Pablo Escobar remains as well known as he was during his heyday as the head of the Medellín drug cartel. His fixture in popular culture is largely thanks to countless books, movies, and songs.
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Who is the CIA Most Wanted?

  • Dmitrii Vadimovich KARASAVIDI. View More.
  • Farkhad Rauf Ogly. MANOKHIN. View More.
  • Ahmed Yassine. ABDELGHANI. View More.
  • Allan Esteban HIDALGO JIMENEZ. View More.
  • Pavel Pavlovich DUBOVOY. View More.
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Who is Number 1 Most Wanted?

Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
  • YULAN ADONAY ARCHAGA CARIAS.
  • RAFAEL CARO-QUINTERO.
  • EUGENE PALMER.
  • BHADRESHKUMAR CHETANBHAI PATEL.
  • ALEJANDRO ROSALES CASTILLO.
  • ARNOLDO JIMENEZ.
  • JASON DEREK BROWN.
  • OCTAVIANO JUAREZ-CORRO.
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Who is the biggest narco right now?

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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How much of Pablo Escobar's money has been found?

About The Show. At one time the most wanted man on the planet, the infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar buried huge amounts of his estimated $50 billion fortune all over Colombia. The vast majority of this money has never been recovered.
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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 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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Was Escobar a good man?

While seen as an enemy of the United States and Colombian governments, Escobar was a hero to many in Medellín, especially to the poor. He was a natural at public relations, and he worked to create goodwill among the poor of Colombia.
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What is the richest drug cartel?

The Orejuela Bros: $3.39 Billion

We count them among the most successful drug lords because even though they can't enjoy their immense wealth, they agreed to a plea deal with the U.S. prosecutors that gave immunity to more than a two dozen of family members.
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How rich was El Chapo at his peak?

Guzmán, the infamous former leader of the Sinaloa cartel, is serving a life sentence in a US prison. He was one of the biggest traffickers of drugs to the US and, in 2009, entered Forbes' list of the world's richest men at number 701, with an estimated worth of $1bn.
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