Who is El Chapo Guzman? El Chapo Guzman, born Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, is one of the most infamous drug lords in history. He led the Sinaloa Cartel, a powerful drug trafficking organization in Mexico. Known for his dramatic prison escapes, El Chapo became a legend in the criminal underworld. His operations spanned continents, making him a billionaire and one of the most wanted men by law enforcement. Despite his capture and extradition to the United States, his story continues to ... From 2014, Bill Whitaker's first story on the capture of Sinaloa drug cartel kingpin Joaquin " El Chapo " Guzmán. From 2015, Whitaker's story on Guzmán's escape from the tightest prison in Mexico ... The notorious drug trafficker, serving a life sentence in the U.S., has taken on his own defense and written hundreds of pages to judges, authorities, and his wife. He challenges his conviction, his conditions, and his treatment, while seeking clemency and a retrial. El Chapo 's wife Emma Coronel released from prison Coronel, 34, had admitted helping Guzmán run the Sinaloa drugs cartel and aiding his prison escape.