Mexican drug lord makes Forbes billionaires list

Posted By Joshua Keating Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 9:38 AM Share

Forbes released its annual billionaires list today and not surprisingly there are a lot fewer of them. One interesting new name did manage to sneak onto the list this year. Joaquin Guzman Loera of Sinaloa, Mexico, is tied for #171 on the list with an estimated fortune of $1 billion.

Guzman's industry is euphamistically described as "shipping," but "El Chapo" is actually Mexico's most infamous drug lord and has a $5 million bounty on his head. Guzman is the first trafficker to make the list since Pablo Escobar in 1993.

FP's new photo essay has more on Mexico's ongoing drug violence.

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2:02 PM ET

March 12, 2009

Coresposability..

For me is hard to think that everything comes from south of the border.
Where are the druglords of the US? You have to note that a lot of that money comes from the US; Who is sharing with him in the US?
Why we never hear of some big names in the US in drug smuggling?
I dont know guys , but for me this is a PR tool that the US is doing to force whatever interests in Mexico...maybe to remain quiet about the corruption in the US.
BTW...Bentley that photo is from 2001.
Greetings.

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