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Pablo Escobar, wearing a light-colored jacket and collared shirt, looks slightly to the side in a close-up portrait.

Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, in a white shirt, is escorted by two masked Mexican marines in camouflage uniforms and black vests after his capture.

Map of Mexico showing the areas of influence of major drug cartels as of 2009, with different regions shaded to represent the Sinaloa Cartel, La Familia Cartel, Beltran-Leyva Cartel, Arellano-Felix Organization, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization, and Gulf/Los Zetas Cartel. Key cities such as Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Monterrey, Culiacan, Guadalajara, Morelia, Mexico City, Veracruz, and Acapulco are marked within these cartel territories.

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Pablo Escobar, wearing a light-colored jacket and collared shirt, looks slightly to the side in a close-up portrait.

“The King of Cocaine”

Pablo Escobar, 1988.

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Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, in a white shirt, is escorted by two masked Mexican marines in camouflage uniforms and black vests after his capture.

The arrest of El Chapo

Joaquín (El Chapo) Guzmán following his capture, 2014.

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Map of Mexico showing the areas of influence of major drug cartels as of 2009, with different regions shaded to represent the Sinaloa Cartel, La Familia Cartel, Beltran-Leyva Cartel, Arellano-Felix Organization, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization, and Gulf/Los Zetas Cartel. Key cities such as Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Monterrey, Culiacan, Guadalajara, Morelia, Mexico City, Veracruz, and Acapulco are marked within these cartel territories.

Mexico: drug cartels

Major Mexican drug cartels, 2009.

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