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The car collection of El Chapo, the drug kingpin whose son set fire to Mexico

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Drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Loera’s son was recently arrested by Mexican security forces. This incident drove the El Chapo cartel gang crazy, riots occurred with shooting and arson colored by shooting and arson that shook the city of Culiacan after the arrest.

El Chapo’s son Ovidio Guzman, nicknamed “El Raton”, is suspected of helping run his father’s operations since “El Chapo” was extradited to the United States in 2017. The United States (USA) government has offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to Ovid Guzman’s arrest. The United States accuses him of being a key player in the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel.

Going through the other face of El Chapo, before being thrown in prison he was one of the richest people in the world. According to detikcom records, in 2012 his total wealth reached 1 billion US dollars or 15.5 trillion rupees (exchange rate of 15,630 rupees). However, according to Forbes, El Chapo’s net worth is already hard to track and it’s hard to know how he has used the wealth he earned from drug sales.

Quoted by dailymail and hotcars, El Chapo is also a collector of luxury cars. This was revealed when the Mexican government carried out a raid on Sinaloa, El Chapo’s hometown in 2015. More than 30 cars and motorcycles were seized.

Some of the cars known to belong to El Chapo include the Dodge Viper, Hummer H2, Jeep Wrangler, C6 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, and Fox Body Mustang. Some of the armored vehicles include Dodge Ram, Ford Lobo, Jeep Grand Cheeroke, Jeep Liberty, Nissan Frontier and Volkswagen Jetta.

One of El Chapo’s fastest cars is reportedly the RENNtech Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The car owned by El Chapo can produce 722 horsepower from the engine. Its 5.0-litre supercharged V8.

El Chapo is now languishing in prison

The Guzman family has a long history of fleeing Mexican authorities. “El Chapo” himself had twice escaped from prison, before now he was languishing in federal prison in the United States (USA).

The uprising in Mexico caused by the drug cartel gang led by “El Chapo” is not the first time. Also in 2019, the arrest of Ovidio Guzman, son of El Chapo who sparked riots, took place.

Previously, in 2019, Mexican authorities arrested Ovidio Guzman. But then Ovid was forced to be released after members of the Sinaloa drug cartel sparked riots.

Now, due to the arrest of Ovidio Guzman, the gang members of the drug cartel led by “El Chapo” have gone on a rampage and carried out a series of actions. Starting with roadblocks, burning vehicles, to attacking the local airport.

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