His exploits and crime empire are still the stuff of legend, and serve as the inspiration for no less a criminal icon than Tony Montana of the film "Scarface." He was even played by Robert De Niro in "The Untouchables." If he were alive today he might bristle at being characterized as a drug dealer, but many of his bootlegging activities were the equivalent of underground narcotics traffic today. He has escaped from prison twice over the course of his career, which has been dramatized on television programs like "Narcos: Mexico" and the Netflix/Univision co-production "El Chapo." The Sinaloa Cartel which he once led is reportedly still a powerful force in drug trafficking and crime.Ĭrime lords don't get much more famous, or infamous, than Chicago's own Al Capone. Known to the world as "El Chapo," Loera is currently imprisoned in a facility in Colorado. #11 Joaquín Loera AKA Chapo Guzman: $1 Billion.In March of 2021, he lost his final appeal to avoid extradition to the US from Mexico for charges surrounding that kidnapping and killing. One of his most infamous acts was his involvement in the kidnapping and eventual murder of DEA Agent Kiki Camarena, for which Quintero was eventually convicted. The co-founder of the now-defunct Guadalajara Cartel. (ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images) The Richest Drug Dealers
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