

Guzman appears on Forbes 2012 World's Billionaires List for the fourth year running. Sources say that the net appears to be closing in on the world's most powerful drug dealer. Guzman is spending more money to defend the cartel than in previous years, and he's expanded his activities outside his native country to avoid the heat from Mexican authorities. An additional indication that the footsteps are closing in: last year, Guzman reportedly sent his 22-year-old wife to Los Angeles County to give birth to the couple's twin daughters.ĭespite Guzman's defensive spending, the Mexican government recently struck two significant blows against the Sinaloa empire: December 2011 brought the arrest of a top Sinaloa lieutenant, quickly followed in February by the capture of the leader of the cartel's armed wing.
