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NEWS ABOUT: Joaquin Guzman

Joaquin Guzman stories: 3 news summaries

Authorities Say Time's Nearly Up for Mexico's Drug King

Head of Sinaloa cartel uses wealth, ruthlessness to avoid capture

Jun 13, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joaquin Guzman grew up in grinding poverty in Mexico, but today he's on the Forbes billionaires list as a larger-than-life "narco folk hero," write David Luhnow and Jose de Cordoba in a profile of "El Chapo" for the Wall Street Journal. Guzman, kingpin of the Sinaloa cartel,... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • fugitive • Sinaloa drug cartel • Joaquin Guzman

11 Mutilated Bodies Found
in Arizona Van in Mexico

Bodies left with threatening messages from drug cartels

Jun 5, 09 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican police have found the shot and mutilated bodies of 11 men in a stolen van with Arizona plates near the US border, Reuters reports. The arms and legs of most of the bodies had been hacked off. Threatening messages believed to be from a drug cartel were left with... More »

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Mexico • murder • Mexican border • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Joaquin Guzman

Mexican Drug Lord Makes Forbes Billionaire List

Guzman controls 20% of all cocaine traffic in Mexico, Colombia

Mar 13, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many of the world's richest people have lost their spots on Forbes' list of billionaires, but there's at least one head-turning new addition: the head of the Sinaloa cartel, currently embroiled in a Mexican drug war that's left 7,000 people dead. Joaquin Guzman, the 5-foot-tall drug trafficker known as... More »

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Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Forbes • Sinaloa drug cartel • Joaquin Guzman

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