Joaquín Guzmán
Loera is known as "El Chapo Guzmán" ("Shorty Guzmán") for his  height. He became Mexico's top drug kingpin in 2003 after the arrest of his rival Osiel Cárdenas of the Gulf Cartel. He was thought to be one of the "most powerful drug traffickers in the world" by the United States Department of the Treasury.