El Chapo Guzmán became the most visible face of Sinaloa Cartel His pursuit of fame dates back to the beginning of his criminal career. His fame helped him persecute until he was sentenced in the United States.
In the past, the same founder of the organization was, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman Luera He was chosen for the benefits that made his confinement easier.
At the Federal Center for Social Rehabilitation in Puente Grande, Jalisco, from where he fled for the first time, El Chapo Regularly organized parties Attended by prison staff and inmates. From the inside Deal with payroll Only prison staff, as documented by the British journalist Malcolm Beth, in his book Last drug.
And he indicates in his book that in celebration of Christmas, A truck has arrived to transport 500 liters of wine, That worked to bring life to a luxurious Cabo sponsored party, which featured crabs
A luxuries he also shared Hector El Güero PalmaOne of his accomplices, who was in the same prison.
Guzmán Salazar escaped from this prison in 2001. In the video before his second escape, this time from the Federal Center for Social Re-adaptation in La Palma, in the state of Mexico, it was noted that before he disappeared through a tunnel, Capo saw in your cell a screen.
Attorney José Antonio Ortega Sanchez was interviewed in 2000 with him El Chapo Guzman At the Federal Center for Social Adaptation in Puente Grande, Jalisco.
Media Series CNN He received a copy of the testimony given by Capo with testimony by Jose Antonio Sanchez. In this it can be seen that when the lawyer asked the reason for the delay in his treatment, the drug trafficker responded: “Look, I did my marital visit today. Then I went to the Turkish bath, then I had to take a nap to greet him as it deserved.”.
The attorney recounted that Joaquín Guzmán Loira acted like a prison owner, and that he ordered drinks for those who attended the meeting. It is also related to CNN that El Chapo I was the only guest that Handcuffs were not used; It was Personal phone; Ordering food outside the prison. Celebrate parties with alcohol, music and food; He was allowed to move around the prison.
The eccentricity of Mexico’s most famous drug trafficker has been widely documented: “In the old Sheraton Bugambelias Hotel in Puerto Vallarta, in Jalisco, it is still remembered when (Cabo)El ChapoI rented an entire apartment to stay; In those rooms they usually cause excesses that annoyed their boss so much Amadou CarrilloShe talks about journalist Annabel Hernandez in her book Drug lords.
Joaquín Guzmán Loera’s desire for fame reached the point of that of the American director and actor Sean Bin has made a movie about his lifeSinaloa, who began as a peasant from Badirajuato, who did not complete his basic education, went through spectacular desertions and arrests until the trial that resulted in him being sentenced to life imprisonment and an additional 30 years.
In the 1990s, the cocaine trade was one of the most profitable businesses. Guzmán Loera took advantage of that and according to former pilot Miguel Angel Fat Martinez, The capo enjoyed the wealth that he collected to the fullest Tons of drugs to the United States.
He owned a seaside mansion in Acapulco for which he paid US $ 10 million; He also had homes on all the beaches in the country. in his home From Guadalajara had a zoo With tigers, lions, leopards and deer; Swimming pools and tennis courts. The property was covered in Small train.
He also got four Planes And yacht who baptized him Chapito.
“He liked to travel around the world: The witness said that Brazil, Argentina, Europe and all over Europe, to Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Peru, Cuba, Colombia, Panama … and even Macau, to gamble. Showing himself strong was one of his weaknesses because he was a visible face to The most dangerous cartel And profitable after that.
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