Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, commonly known as "El Chapo" ('Shorty', pronounced) because of his 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) stature, is a Mexican former drug lord and a former leader within the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate. He is considered to have been one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world. Guzmán was born in Sinaloa and raised in a poor farming... Wikipedia