How much money does El Chapo have?

"The drug business may earn Mexican drug lords up to $20 billion or so a year. Much of that money goes into operations and protection. El Chapo probably makes well below a billion per year. read more

Much of that money goes into operations and protection. El Chapo probably makes well below a billion per year." The government's amount, which Bagley describes as a "cumulative calculation," does not take into account "operating expenses" such as bribes to public officials and profit sharing among cartel members. read more

El Chapo’s exact age is still unknown, but we do know that he grew up in a poor rural area of Mexico: La Tuna, Badiraguato, Sinaloa (red area shown above). It was there that Chapo began to learn the business of drugs. read more