these songs, and really connected the dots for me. sort of like a who is who of that world. he is, these are like modern-day outlaws? absolutely. el chapo was at the very top. el chapo, el chapo. real name, joaquín guzmán. the city of chicago named him public enemy number one for his role in bringing in tons of drugs which were sold on the streets of the u.s.. his coauthor, doug century. he was a very ruthless and murderous guy. let s not sugarcoat that. he rose to power, though, on his ability to deliver huge amounts of cocaine. and he was the guy who could deliver. he invented the narco tunnel. the narco tunnel. the ubiquitous tunnels, burrowed underneath the u.s. mexico border, that the cartels used to smuggle vast quantities of drugs into the u.s.. his rise from abject poverty, to running one of the most
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chapo s man and injuring one marine. el chapo was once again in custody. and this time quietly extradited to the united states. in february 2019, guzman was convicted on all ten charges against him including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit murder. he was sentenced to life plus 30 years in an american prison. he has filed an appeal, but the drug wars rage on. el chapo s arrest did not stem the flow of narcotics across the u. s. border, and there were nearly 30,000 murders in mexico in 2017. at the time, a record for that country. most of the killings were linked to drug violence, and the cartels are evolving, becoming key suppliers of the fentanyl that is wreaking havoc on the streets of america. enforcement is only one