Chicago Names Mexico Cartel Leader Joaquin Guzman Public Enemy No. 1 BBC News
go to original February 14, 2013

Al Capone and Joaquin Guzman A federal drug agent says that Guzman (right) is more ruthless than legendary gangster Al Capone.

The city of Chicago has named its first public enemy number one since Al Capone - a drug cartel leader who lives in a mountain hideaway in western Mexico.

Joaquin Guzman is the leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, which supplies the bulk of narcotics sold in Chicago.

The Chicago Crime Commission has named other public enemies, but the 1930s gangster was the only prior number one.

The US has offered a $5m (£3.2m) reward for Guzman's capture.

He has been indicted on federal trafficking charges and US officials want him extradited if he is ever captured.
Drugs hub Chicago

"Not since the Chicago Crime Commission's first public enemy number one has any criminal deserved this title more than Joaquin Guzman,'' JR Davis, president of the non-governmental Chicago Crime Commission, said on Thursday.

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