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Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán built a drug empire that smuggled tons of narcotics into the U.S., leaving a trail of corruption and bloodshed. His cartel thrived on bribes and violence, but after a botched assassination killed a cardinal in 1993, he became Mexico’s most wanted man. Despite multiple arrests, he twice escaped high-security prisons in legendary fashion before finally being captured and extradited in 2016. His story was just one piece of Mexico’s brutal drug war—there was Amado Carrillo Fuentes, the "Lord of the Skies," who died trying to alter his appearance; Los Zetas, ex-military commandos who unleashed terror; and Operation Fast and Furious, a U.S. scheme that armed cartels by mistake. With 60,000 lives lost in Calderón’s militarized crackdown, the war on drugs became a relentless, bloody cycle with no end in sight. Other major cases include Operation Fast and Furious, where U.S. weapons ended up with cartels; Los Zetas’ brutality, as ex-military turned into ruthless enforcers; and increasing DEA-Mexico cooperation to dismantle drug empires. Make sure you subscribe to get your regular crime fix: youtube.com/c/RealCrime Real Crime On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0JLjqhHBRN8qMTGKikm97B?si=Fnshg5sfSxmljxiW7wJrZg Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com #truecrime #realcrime #crime
