JoaquÃn Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (born December 25, 1954, or April 4, 1957) is a Mexican drug lord who heads the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa where it was formed. Known as “El Chapo Guzmán” (“Shorty Guzmán”, pronounced: [el ËtÊapo É¡uzËman]) for his 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) stature, he became Mexico’s top drug kingpin in 2003 after the arrest of his rival Osiel Cárdenas of the Gulf Cartel, and until his February 2014 arrest, he was considered the “most powerful drug trafficker in the world” by the United States Department of the Treasury.
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