Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, also known as El Chapo, was found guilty of drug trafficking charges at his trial in New York and sentenced to life in prison, plus 30 years.
Before his arrest and extradition to the US, he ran the world's biggest criminal gang. This is the story of his rise to power - and his astonishing escapes.
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1957
Born to a family of farmers in Sinaloa state, north-west Mexico
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Late 1980s
Rises to head the Sinaloa drug cartel, the world's biggest criminal gang
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1993
Escapes assassination but is caught and sentenced to 20 years in jail
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2001
Escapes prison, reportedly by hiding in a laundry basket
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Sinaloa cartel starts to earn billions of dollars a year, and its influence stretches to 50 countries.
El Chapo is accused of ordering hundreds of killings and kidnappings.
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2009
El Chapo enters Forbes rich list with estimated wealth of $1bn
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2012
Cartel earns up to $3bn a year and becomes biggest source of drugs to US
2014
El Chapo caught in Pacific coast town after 13 years on the run
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2015
Flees via a tunnel dug under his prison cell, later gives interview to Sean Penn
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2015
Sinaloa comes to dominate US drugs market ahead of other Mexican cartels
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2016
El Chapo is caught - again - after a major shootout in western Mexico
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2017
Extradited to the US, where he faces trial and where his wife follows him
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2018
Trial begins in New York, where bridges shut so he can get to court
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2019
The trial heard claims El Chapo had a “murder room” with a drain to make cleaning up easier; once buried alive a rival; bribed a former Mexican president; had his own private zoo
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