Fugitive Mexican ‘world’s most powerful drug baron’

MEXICAN drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman is “the world’s most powerful drug trafficker”, according to the US Treasury Department.

Fugitive  Mexican ‘world’s most powerful  drug baron’

The fugitive Sinaloa cartel leader also got a boost from Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo, who said she believed in Guzman more than in the government.

It was the latest in an odd series of accolades for Guzman, who was included this year on the Forbes list of the world’s richest people, with an estimated fortune of $1 billion (€784,000).

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