El Chapo [True Crime Special]

Published: Aug. 7, 2019, 4 p.m.

Joaqu\xedn Archivaldo Guzm\xe1n Loera\xa0(/\u02c8\u0261\u028azm\xe6n/;[6]\xa0Spanish:\xa0[xoa\u02c8kin a\u027et\u0283i\u02c8\u03b2aldo \u0263us\u02c8man lo\u02c8e\u027ea]; born 4 April 1957),[7]\xa0known as "El Chapo" ("Shorty",\xa0pronounced\xa0[el \u02c8t\u0283apo]) because of his 168\xa0cm (5\xa0ft 6\xa0in) stature, is a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the\xa0Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate. He is considered to have been the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.[8][9]

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