Bio:
Joaquin Guzman Loera, better known as El Chapo, was born in Sinaloa, Mexico in the rural community of La Tuna in 1957. He came from a poverty stricken family and as a child sold oranges before ultimately dropping out of school in the third grade to help his father with the poppy and marijuana business.

By the age of 15 he’d cultivate his own Marijuana plantation since his father would use the earnings for alcohol and women. He’d gain the nickname El Chapo during his adolescence for his 5ft6in stature.

By the 1970s El Chapo smuggled class A drugs into the U.S. for rising kingpins Hector Luis Palma Salazar and Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo and by the late 1980s would be the founder of the Sinaloa cartel.

Little was known about Shorty until his arrest in 1993 for his involvement in the murder of a high-profile religious figure.

He escaped prison on multiple occasions, was worth billions, was responsible for the death of thousands, married a beauty pageant queen, met Shawn Penn, had 11 children to which some followed in his footsteps, and now rests his head in the most secure US supermax prison in Colorado.

#elchapo #didyouknow #interestingfacts #biography #shortbiographies #shortfacts #shorts #facts