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El Chapo was born in either 1954 or 1957 in Sinaloa, Mexico, into a family entrenched in the drug trade. His childhood was marked by abuse and poverty, catalyzing his transition into the narcotics business. As a teenager, he started selling marijuana and gradually climbed the ranks of drug trafficking in Sinaloa, eventually collaborating with Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, the founder of the Guadalajara Cartel.