Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera is best known as “El Chapo” because of his 168 cm (5 feet 6 inches) stature was born on 4th April 1957,in La Tuna, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico.
El Chapo is a Mexican former drug lord and a former leader within the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate. El Chapo was considered by many as of the most powerful and notorious drug traffickers in the world.
Joaquín Guzmán Children
Joaquín Guzmán has at least 13 children. Joaquín Guzmán had at least three children with Alejandrina María Salazar Hernández, four with Griselda López Pérez, and twin girls with Emma Coronel Aispuro.
Joaquín Guzmnán Net Worth
El Chapo entered Forbes’ list of the world’s richest men at number 701, with an estimated worth of $1bn in 2009.
Joaquín Guzmán Wife
Joaquín Guzmán has married at least 3 times.
His first was In 1977 when he married Alejandrina María Salazar Hernández in a small ceremony in the town of Jesús María, Sinaloa.
Joaquín Guzmán’s second wife Estela Peña of Nayarit who he married in the 1980s. His third was Griselda López Pérez and finally with Emma Coronel Aispuro in 2007.
Joaquín Guzmán Movies
Netflix and Univision began co-producing the series El Chapo about the life of Guzmán In 2017. The series premiered on Sunday, 23 April 2017 at 8 PM/7C on Univision.
Joaquín Guzmán Height
Joaquín Guzmán stands at 168 cm (5 feet 6 inches).
Joaquín Guzmán Son
Some of Joaquín Guzmán’s sons have decided to follow in the footsteps of their father. Guzmán’s son Iván Archivaldo, known as “El Chapito”, was arrested in Guadalajara on money laundering charge on 15 February 2005.
Another son, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, known as “El Gordo” (“The Fat One”) was suspected of being a member of the cartel and was indicted on federal charges of drug trafficking in 2009 with Guzmán, by the U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois, which oversees Chicago.
Joaquín Guzmán Age
Joaquín Guzmán is 64 years old.
Joaquín Guzmán Prison
Joaquín Guzmán seems to be smarter than the Mexican security. He has escaped from prison twice in spectacular ways. For his first escape in 2001, Guzmán carefully masterminded his plan, wielding influence over almost everyone in the prison, including the facility’s director, who is now in prison for aiding in the escape.
One prison guard who decided to report the situation at the prison disappeared 7 years later and was presumed to have been killed by Guzmán.
Joaquín Guzmán was sentenced to life in prison in 2019 after he was arrested after his second escape from prison.