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El Chapo's life was marked by a series of escapes and an uncanny ability to elude capture, having avoided law enforcement for years by employing a vast network of corruption. It was estimated that he amassed a staggering $14 billion as he operated one of the world’s most formidable drug trafficking organizations. The Sinaloa cartel was notorious for its methods of smuggling narcotics; drugs were concealed in bananas, firearms were encrusted with diamonds, and the cartel was implicated in deep corruption that reached the highest levels of the Mexican government, including allegations of a $100 million bribe to former President Enrique Peña Nieto.