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Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán

1957 - Today

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Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (Spanish: [xoaˈkin aɾtʃiˈβaldo ɣusˈman loˈeɾa]; born 4 April 1957), commonly known as "El Chapo", is a Mexican former drug lord and a former leader within the Sinaloa Cartel. Guzmán is believed to be responsible for the deaths of over 34,000 people, and was considered to be the most powerful drug trafficker in the world until he was extradited to the United States and sentenced to life in prison. Guzmán was born in Sinaloa and raised in a poor farming family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán has received more than 30,012,382 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is the 16th most popular mafioso (down from 14th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Mexico (down from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Mafioso.

Joaquín "el chapo" Guzmán is most famous for being the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a Mexican drug trafficking organization. He was arrested in 1993 and then escaped from prison in 2001. He was recaptured in 2014.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán ranks 16 out of 70. Before him are Meyer Lansky, Frank Abagnale, Karl Gebhardt, John Dillinger, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, and Mark David Chapman. After him are Wyatt Earp, John Gotti, Semion Mogilevich, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Ned Kelly, and Ta Mok.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán ranks 19. Before him are Fumio Kishida, Gloria Estefan, Sid Vicious, Christopher Lambert, Greg Abbott, and Frances McDormand. After him are Falco, Steve Buscemi, Carole Bouquet, Ofra Haza, Melanie Griffith, and Richard E. Grant.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán ranks 21 out of 729. Before him are Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), La Malinche (1502), and Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946). After him are Moctezuma I (1398), Francisco I. Madero (1873), David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), Hugo Sánchez (1958), Vicente Fox (1942), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1895).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Mexico

Among mafiosos born in Mexico, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán ranks 2. Before him are Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946). After him are Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956), and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada (1948).

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