10 Facts About El Chapo

Not surprisingly, prison life doesn’t agree with him.

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Many of us remember El Chapo from a few years ago when he made news with his alleged brutality and drug dealing. He also made news by his prison escapes.

Before I go on any further, I have to say something about the image I chose for this story. You tell me who looks like the actor and who looks like the drug dealer. Now back to my point.

I saw recently where El Chapo was complaining about life in prison. He called it, “cruel and unfair.” He also stated it was affecting his health. El Chapo listed as health issues, “headaches, memory loss, muscle cramps, stress and depression.”

Of course, a lot of the ailments ae associated with being a drug lord. Loss of memory has to be near the top of the list. With that update, here are some things you might not have known, or cared to have known about El Chapo.

1: “El Chapo” means “Shorty.”

For years various law enforcement agencies pursued him. There was a movie based on that called, ‘Get Shorty.” Wait, being told that’s not the case.

2: El Chapo has been on Forbes’ list of the richest men in the world.