Explore ‘El Chapo’ and the Sinaloa Cartel’s Smuggling Routes
Update February 22, 2014: Associated Press reports El Chapo has been detained by Mexican and U.S. authorities. Fusion aired a documentary titled “El Chapo Guzmán, CEO of Crime” in November 2013 before his arrest.
Joaquín Guzmán Loera or “El Chapo” has taken the Sinaloa Cartel from a regional operation to a worldwide criminal enterprise. Yearly profits for meth, marijuana and cocaine trade are estimated at $3 billion. The success of Chapo’s international business is built on a system of criminal franchises that run different parts of the drug trade. These interactive maps show some of the known routes he uses and the renowned criminals he’s been linked to.
CHAPO’S MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE: THE SINALOA CARTEL’S ROUTES