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Joaquin Guzman Loera
Born	April 4, 1954 La Tuna, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico
Other names	El Chapo
Occupation	Illegal drug trafficker
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 6")
Known for	Sinaloa Cartel drug lord
Partner	Ismael Zambada Garcia, Ignacio Coronel-Villareal
NotesUSD $5,000,000 Reward.

Joaquín Guzmán Loera, (April 4, 1954) also known as Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán ("Shorty"), is the head of an international drug trafficking organization referred to as the Sinaloa Cartel, named for the Mexican Pacific Coast state (Sinaloa) where it was initially formed. He became Mexico's top drug kingpin in 2003 after the arrest of his rival Osiel Cardenas of the Gulf Cartel. During the 1980s, Guzmán was associated with Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (known as El Padrino), head of the dominant drug trafficking group in Mexico at that time. After Félix Gallardo's capture, Guzman left the organization and soon gained notoriety as director of his own criminal enterprise. Guzmán is wanted by the governments of Mexico, U.S.A. and by the INTERPOL; so far he has evaded operations to capture him. In November 2008, DNA samples taken from a pool of vomit found in a hotel room in Kinsale, Ireland, were proven to have come from El Chapo, who had left his mark after a drink and drug-fuelled orgy alerted local police to his presence. El Chapo however had fled the scene before the Gardai (Irish police) could arrive and is now believed to be hiding out in the Bohemian suburb of Dalymountz Park in Germany.