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El Chapo

El Chapo Celebrity Profile
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Also Known As:
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, El Chapo Guzmán
Date of Birth:
December 25, 1954
Height:
5' 6"
Hometown:
Sinaloa

Bio:
El Chapo (born Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera on either December 25, 1954 or April 4, 1957 in La Tuna, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a Merican drug lord. Joaquin was born into a poor family, and sources disagree on when he was born. However, it’s undeniable that he joined organized crime in his 20s. He joined the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s, transporting drugs and overseeing shipments. His ambition led him to increase the share of narcotics being smuggled across the border. He developed a murderous streak early on, shooting smugglers in the head if the shipment was late. He climbed up the crime ladder, becoming the head of the Sinaloa Cartel. Forbes magazine has ranked him one of the most powerful people in the world since 2009, and he’s considered the second most powerful man in Mexico. He was captured in 1993 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He escaped in 2001. He was rearrested in 2014 and imprisoned again, but escaped in July 2015. El Chapo was recaptured in Jan. 2016.

Best Known For:
El Chapo is best known as a powerful drug lord in Mexico, and is considered the “most powerful drug trafficker in the world.”

Personal Life:
El Chapo married Alejandrina Maria Salazar Hernandez in 1977. They had three children together – Cesar, Ivan Archivaldo and Jesus Alfredo. He remarried in the 1980s to Griselda Lopez Perez, and they had four children: Edgar, Joaquin, Ovido and Griselda Guadalupe. In 2007, El Chapo married 18-year-old beauty queen Emma Coronel Aispuro. She gave birth to twin girls in a Los Angeles County Hospital. El Chapo’s family is heavily involved in drug trafficking. Several of his sons have been arrested or killed by rival drug cartels.

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El Chapo’s Hidden Safe House Revealed Featuring Secret Door & Tunnel — Pics

We’re getting a sensational look inside drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s secret hideout in Los Mochis, Mexico, where he was finally recaptured six months after tunneling out of a Mexican maximum security prison. He used yet another tunnel to almost evade authorities again!
Wow! El Chapo, 57, was totally prepared to make a swift getaway Jan. 8 when Mexican marines got into a bloody gun battle at the secret lair where the Sinaloa cartel boss was hiding out. His bedroom featured a hidden door that led to a tunnel through a sewer system so he could make his escape, which initially he was able to do. Five of his henchmen were killed in the shootout while El Chapo and his right hand man initially evaded authorities through his tunnel system only to later be captured.

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Sean Penn is now publicly defending his interview with Mexican drug lord, El Chapo. The actor says he has ‘nothing to hide’ after the Mexican government has confirmed they are investigating the celebrity for his interaction with the criminal.
Sean Penn, 55, is firing back at those who are criticizing him for interviewing infamous Kingpin leader, El Chapo, 57. The Gangster Squad actor protected himself saying he isn’t hiding anything now that the Mexican government is questioning his involvement with the fugitive — get more details on Sean’s defense below!

January 11, 2016
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This is so intense. An explosive first video of the raid, during which the Mexican marines captured El Chapo, has been released, and it’s super dramatic. The marines were actually wearing GoPro cameras during the raid, so even though you weren’t there, now you can feel like you were. Watch the video here.
Thanks to the Mexican marines, not only is El Chapo back in custody, but their explosive raid was captured on video due to their use of GoPro cameras. Ah, isn’t technology grand? Seriously, it’s like watching a game of Call of Duty come to life.

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Sean Penn, 55, interviewed fugitive Mexican drug cartel head Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in October 2015, for a piece published for Rolling Stone on January 9. Sean and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, 43, who helped Sean set up the interview, are now under investigation, according to Mexican government officials. So what exactly happened?

January 10, 2016
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At last! Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Loera, 57, is back in jail after six months on the run. He famously broke out of Altiplano prison in July 2015 using an elaborate underground tunnel to escape the maximum-security facility in central Mexico. It was a huge embarrassment for Mexican authorities, who have been on his trail ever since to get him back behind bars. After a raid on a motel in Los Mochis, Mexico, Jan. 8, they finally got their man. 

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