El Chapo Injured In Police Shootout

USPA NEWS - The infamous Mexican drug kingpin, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was reported to have sustained injuries following a shootout by Mexican authorities on Saturday, October 17, 2015. According to authorities, Guzman sustained shots to the face and legs, but escaped. His whereabouts are currently unknown.

According to numerous news agencies, the infamous Mexican drug kingpin, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was shot by Mexican authorities on Saturday, October 17, 2015, but escaped with injuries to the face and legs. Guzman has been evading Mexican authorities since his escape from Altiplano, the Mexican maximum-security prison where he was serving a sentence at, back in July 2015.

Early History

Born in Badiraguato, Mexico, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera founded in 1989 the Sinaloa cartel, which is "...the world's most powerful drug-trafficking organization...." (SOURCE: www.biography.com). His birth date varies, depending on who the source is; Time Magazine lists his date of birth as April 4, 1957, although it is, according to others, to be December 25, 1954.

The Cartel

El Chapo's drug cartel, the Sinaloa cartel is responsible for at least 1,000 murders over the years and had a net worth of just over $3 billion U.S. Dollars in 2014. Since its founding in 1989 by El Chapo, both El Chapo and the cartel gaining power, with El Chapo being compared by Art Bilek, executive vice president of the Chicago Crime Commission. to Al Capone and what he (Capone) did for alcohol, with this quote "What Al Capone was to beer and whiskey during Prohibition, Guzmán is to narcotics..." "Of the two, Guzmán is by far the greater threat. ... And he has more power and financial capability than Capone ever dreamed of."