Exactly, who is El Chapo? Why is his name provoking fear and admiration in Mexico? Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, or known as “El Chapo (Shorty) Guzmán” for his 5 feet 6 inches stature, despite not being well-known by most Americans, is the head of the El Chapo Sinaloa Cartel, currently the biggest drug empire in the history. Over the years, he has built a corporate that makes him billions of dollars from selling synthetic drugs such as: marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. In fact, he even made it on the Forbes magazine as one of the smartest entrepreneur with his staggering net worth. El Chapo is being admired for his genius schemes on accumulating wealth by smuggling illegal substances throughout the globe by means of: planes
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1). In contrast to the Frontline documentary, according to Aram Roston, an American investigative journalist, in his 2012 Newsweek article called “‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, Mexico’s Most Powerful Drug Lord,” both the countries’ governments are on the receiving end of this partnership being played by El Chapo. “Guzmán’s broad strategy has been to knock off rivals and build his own cartel into the dominant criminal force south of the border. One of his tactics for achieving that has been to place his drug-dealing lieutenants as informants for the DEA and ICE. According to sources and court records, he has been carefully feeding intelligence to the Americans” (para. 9). El Chapo encourages his people to play spies along with the authorities and pretend to help catch him when the truth is his main goal on infiltrating the government organizations is to use them like puppets to his advantage to set his ironic scheme of “eliminate and conquer” against his rival cartels. His pieces in this game of chess, such as Humberto Loya-Castro, who served as his adviser, were so convincing often supplying the authorities with rich and compelling information leading to arrests, seizure, and headlines. Soon someone finally realized these informants did not provide informations about El Chapo’s whereabouts but rather “handing over what seems like ever more vital information, mostly about the Sinaloa cartel’s enemies” (para. 16). As a result, with the help of his beneficial materials, Loya-Castro’s indictment was thrown out (para. 22). “[This is how] Guzmán’s forces manipulate American law enforcement to their own benefits” (para. 7). In short, what happened was a psychological game of outplaying both countries’ governments. Professor Tony Payan of the University of Texas at El Paso even said that this was “[t]pical counterintelligence stuff”
1). In contrast to the Frontline documentary, according to Aram Roston, an American investigative journalist, in his 2012 Newsweek article called “‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, Mexico’s Most Powerful Drug Lord,” both the countries’ governments are on the receiving end of this partnership being played by El Chapo. “Guzmán’s broad strategy has been to knock off rivals and build his own cartel into the dominant criminal force south of the border. One of his tactics for achieving that has been to place his drug-dealing lieutenants as informants for the DEA and ICE. According to sources and court records, he has been carefully feeding intelligence to the Americans” (para. 9). El Chapo encourages his people to play spies along with the authorities and pretend to help catch him when the truth is his main goal on infiltrating the government organizations is to use them like puppets to his advantage to set his ironic scheme of “eliminate and conquer” against his rival cartels. His pieces in this game of chess, such as Humberto Loya-Castro, who served as his adviser, were so convincing often supplying the authorities with rich and compelling information leading to arrests, seizure, and headlines. Soon someone finally realized these informants did not provide informations about El Chapo’s whereabouts but rather “handing over what seems like ever more vital information, mostly about the Sinaloa cartel’s enemies” (para. 16). As a result, with the help of his beneficial materials, Loya-Castro’s indictment was thrown out (para. 22). “[This is how] Guzmán’s forces manipulate American law enforcement to their own benefits” (para. 7). In short, what happened was a psychological game of outplaying both countries’ governments. Professor Tony Payan of the University of Texas at El Paso even said that this was “[t]pical counterintelligence stuff”