A Mexcan Drug Lord Lands On Forbes List With A Worth Of 1 Billion
Mexico’s most wanted man Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman, blamed for thousands of deaths in a drug war, has made it onto the Forbes Magazine list of the world’s richest people with an estimated $1 billion fortune. Guzman, who is just 5 feet tall, escaped from prison in 2001 to set off a wave of killings across Mexico in an attempt to dominate the country’s highly lucrative drug trade into the United States.
Guzman, 51, who officials believe changes his cell phone every day to avoid being tracked, is often compared to the late Colombian kingpin Pablo Escobar, whom Forbes has said amassed a fortune of $3 billion before he was killed by police in 1993.
Full Story: Reuters
Forbes keeps track of drug dealers too? The war on drugs in Mexico is getting out of hand, people are being warned to avoid going there for vacations and spring break. People are getting shot, decapitated, kidnapped, the whole nine. Check below for a video about the drug war in Mexico.
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March 12th, 2009 at 11:48 am
that shit is crazy
March 12th, 2009 at 11:50 am
WELL DAMN!!!
March 12th, 2009 at 11:50 am
dang!..I guess Cancun is a no go for me…hehe.
March 12th, 2009 at 11:54 am
i live in Mexico (Hermosillo,Sonora)
shit is real down here..all these mafiosos don’t play
March 12th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
yea ma parents are from michaocan (were dey killed some famous mexican singer last year Sergio Gomez) dem cartel muthafukaz dont play dey were goin round throwin grenades in downtown michaocan last year
March 12th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
This is sum real shit not like them little wanaba gangsta around here.
March 12th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
yea i was born in raised in colombia…the hoods in america is childs play niggas live On welfare and still think they got it hard LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 12th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Fuck mexico
March 12th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
wut the fuckz this guy talkin bout legalizing drugs will make things better…yeah government control on it might stop certain things but it’ll also bring more problems…c’mon legalizing cocain and meth??!!
March 12th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
the only way they can stop this shit is t send in the army on sum Afghanistan shit… but they don’t wanna divert top much attention to that… cause next thing you know there could be another terrorist attack. I think we should handle this shit though.. cause if this shit is goin on by the border… sum of these mafiaosos are already in the US… and it’s gonna be harder to stop withought killing innocent Americans… Damn life is crazy.. i just want Jigga to drop The Blueprint 3.. so i can get the fuck on with my life. lol
March 12th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
^^^ yeah regulate it so it can be controlled.
March 12th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Did officer ross make the list? lmao. I was reading about Joaquin “El Chapo Guzman this dude aint no JOKE ! This is the guy officer ross trying to be like lol. Thats a real drug kingpin.
March 12th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
wow.. its sad but the 2 businesses that are recession proof is certain aspects of show business, and organized crime
March 12th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
I was in Tijuana last week, not anything too crazy but I was there during the day on a Saturday so I’m sure it gets gully at night……
REALTALK though, the hoods in the US aint shit compared to third world nations.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
lol..wwoooww..
sounds like fun
March 12th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Who ever said Crime doesnt pay was a liar…. This man is livin Proof…
March 12th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
LMAO @ #10….FUCK IT Give me the BLUEPRINT 3 and Im Good….Monsters Gonna Erase Monsters……Shit Been Goin On For Years, Land Used To be The Drug of Choice, Than It Was Gold, Most Recently This Crazy Shit……
I Rather Vacation in DR or Brazil any Day…….LMAO
March 12th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Ok he got a billion/ is worth a billion, but his money aint worth shit if he cant spend it/ use it the way he wants 2, who wants to livee thier life wanted by other people, i mean he gon die just like everyone else so fuck it, yeah bp3
March 12th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
damn obama is fuckin up!
March 12th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
dm stfu you dumb fuck nigga obama aint got nothin to do with this he been on the run since 2001 u bitch way before we knew obama existed stop hatin on obama and wait patiently for your stimilus check you broke mufucka it’s comin in due time lol… and yea shit is real out there never wanted to go to mexico tho i would fuck a couple of mexican bitches tho lol… and smdh at niggaz sayin US hoods aint hard gotta be nerds go to places like LA, CHI-TOWN, B-MORE, NEW YORK, DETROIT, PHILLY, VA,GARY INDIANA, AND YOU IN A DEATH ZONE NIGGA WATCH YO WORDS CUZ YOU CANT SIT IN FRONT OF YOUR COMPUTERS FOREVER LOL THE REAL WORLD IS WAITIN ON YOU LOL…
March 12th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
JB…….you sound like a real clown
Please don’t compare US hoods to thirld world nations. At least niggas out here have running water and a mothefuckin toilet for god sakes…….go read a fucking book
March 12th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
legalizing it would really bring the crime down….at least lets start with mary J. wanna lol
March 12th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Obama hasn’t even gotten time to act as president and ppl are blaming him…and the Mexican drug wars have already started spilling into California and all the states around the border…which kidnappings and killings already attributed to the drug trade…hopefully other nations intervene and bring this under control.
March 12th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
stop the madness indeed
March 12th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Damn Guzman aka shorty is some Macho Man yo
but Pablo escobar is legend