Who's the biggest drug lord ever?

Pablo Escobar Gaviria
He is considered the 'King of Cocaine' and is known as the boss of all drug lords In 1989 Forbes magazine declared Escobar as the seventh-richest man in the world, with an estimated personal fortune of US$30 billion.
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Who is the biggest drug lord of all time?

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 dealer of all time?

Pablo Escobar, in full Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, (born December 1, 1949, Rionegro, Colombia—died December 2, 1993, Medellín), Colombian criminal who, as head of the Medellín cartel, was arguably the world's most powerful drug trafficker in the 1980s and early '90s.
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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 biggest drug lord now 2020?

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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How El Chapo Became World's Biggest Drug Lord



Is El Chapo still rich?

El Chapo Net Worth is $3 Billion (Forbes 2022) Highest Wealth Assets.
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What is El Chapo worth?

His drug empire made Guzmán a billionaire, and he was ranked the 10th richest man in Mexico and 1,140th in the world in 2011, with a net worth of roughly US$1 billion. To assist his drug trafficking, the Sinaloa Cartel also built a shipping and transport empire.
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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 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 most wanted drug lord now 2021?

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 made the most money from drugs?

Pablo Escobar Gaviria

He is considered the 'King of Cocaine' and is known as the boss of all drug lords In 1989 Forbes magazine declared Escobar as the seventh-richest man in the world, with an estimated personal fortune of US$30 billion. In 1986, he attempted to enter Colombian politics.
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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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How bad was Pablo Escobar?

Escobar was responsible for killing about 4,000 people, including an estimated 200 judges and 1,000 police, journalists, and government officials. In the 1980s, Escobar's Medellin cartel was responsible for 80 percent of the cocaine that was sent to the United States.
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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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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 the Medellín Cartel still active?

Mystique surrounding the drug lord has grown since 1993, and endless myths have circulated. The Medellín Cartel no longer exists, nor does the cartel structure Escobar help to found, which involved controlling all the links in the drug chain from production to retail.
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Who is El Chapo's boss?

El Mayo is the leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, taking over five years ago for the notorious drug lord known as El Chapo. El Mayo has been on the lam for decades. He is 73 and said to be in ill health, and may no longer be on the run. For decades, he was the right hand man to Joaquin El Chapo Guzman.
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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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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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